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Spain set for weekend cold snap with heavy rain and storms forecast

A cold front is set to pass over much of Spain this weekend bringing heavy rain and storms in some areas, forecasters said on Friday.

Published: 6 March 2020 15:04 CET
Spain set for weekend cold snap with heavy rain and storms forecast
AFP

The Spanish Meteorological Agency (Aemet) predicted downpours in northern regions including Cantabria and the western part of the Pyrenees.

Occasional storms and heavy showers were expected in northern Catalonia and in the eastern part of the Balearic Islands.

Temperatures should fall across the entire Iberian peninsula by Saturday, particularly at night along the Mediterranean coast and in the north east of the country. 

Strong gales are predicted in the northeastern Spain, Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza as well as the Canary Islands. 

Snow is expected in the Pyrenees between 500-1,000 metres above sea level.

By Sunday, forecasters said there will be heavy clouds and rain in Galicia, the western part of the Pyrenees, Castilla y León in northern Spain and the Pyrenees.

Temperatures are set to rise by Monday with only light rain, except in Cantabria, the Mediterranean coast and the Canary Islands. 

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Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Summer is finally here! Or least it is if you live in southern Norway, where a warm front coming up from Europe will bring t-shirt temperatures of 20C by Thursday, according to forecasts.

Published: 30 April 2024 08:42 CEST
Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Warm air from southern Europe will combine with a high pressure zone which will bring clear skies and sunshine, with summery weather coming towards the end of the week, Norway’s national weather forecaster Yr has reported. 

“Thursday and Friday especially will be nice,” Ingrid Villa, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the public broadcaster NRK. “Then we will probably get temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius in some places.” 

Patches of 20C warmth are expected both in western Norway around Bergen and in Western Norway around Oslo, with the area around Tromsø expected to have slightly cooler weather, although Villa said that “it will absolutely be something like summer there too”. 

The warm sunny weather is, however, expected to pass northern Norway by, with grey overcast skies expected for much of this week. 

But if you think summer has come to Norway to stay, you risk disappointment as much cooler temperatures are expected next week.  

“There’s nothing unusual in getting an early taste of summer in April and the start of May, and then we can quickly go back to cooler more spring-like weather,” Villa said. 

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