Autumn Has Begun & Hurricane Gabrielle Is Bringing The Rain

Autumn has officially begun astatine 8.19pm connected Monday, September 22, and we each cognize what comes next, don’t we? Spain is bracing for a lively commencement to nan caller season, pinch a operation of cooler temperatures, dense rains, and nan looming power of ex-Hurricane Gabrielle, according to reports from nan Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet) among different sources.

The autumn equinox has ushered successful a high-altitude trough (also known arsenic a DANA successful Spain) from nan Atlantic, bringing awesome upwind changes. Northern and Eastern Spain is already experiencing dense rainfall and thunderstorms, pinch immoderate areas successful nan Cantabrian region expecting complete 50 litres per quadrate metre successful conscionable 12 hours. Communities for illustration Catalonia, Aragon, Navarra, and Valencia person been deed by aggravated downpours, beardown winds, hail, and abrupt flooding complete nan weekend. Snow is besides forecast supra 1,800-2,000 metres successful nan Cantabrian Mountains and Pyrenees, bringing a distinctly autumnal chill.

Hurricane Gabrielle ushers successful Autumn and a alteration successful weather

Aemet predicts that this week will stay unsettled, pinch a acold aerial wide detaching from nan polar pitchy stream, forming a DANA (isolated high-altitude depression) complete France. This will prolong caller conditions and locally aggravated showers successful nan southeast, Balearic Islands, and Catalonia until Tuesday. By Wednesday and Thursday, a caller trough is apt to bring beardown rains to Ceuta, Melilla, and parts of nan Mediterranean coast, while scattered showers are expected successful nan eastbound Cantabrian region and bluish Canary Islands.

However, not each of Spain will consciousness nan chill. Malaga is group to defy nan cooling trend, pinch terral winds driving highs of 33°C and lows of 22°C connected Monday. By Tuesday, nan Levante upwind will bring milder conditions, pinch highs of 26°C and lows of 19°C. Inland areas for illustration Antequera, nan Guadalhorce Valley, and Axarquía will spot highs of 28-30°C, while Ronda hovers astir 27°C.

Looking ahead, nan remnants of Hurricane Gabrielle, presently a Category 1 large wind successful nan Atlantic, could attack nan Iberian Peninsula arsenic an extratropical large wind by nan weekend. While uncertainty remains, models propose it whitethorn bring beardown winds and unsmooth seas Spanish coasts, perchance pushing warmer aerial and causing a somesthesia spike. As autumn begins, Spain is group for a play of contrasts. It will beryllium Christmas earlier you cognize it!