We have started the week with many clouds and drizzles or weak and scattered showers that have been crossing the country from west to east, leaving very little water. Temperatures have been very mild in general, with a thermal rise that has been very marked at night. The Atlantic storms will not give a respite in the coming days, with weather that will remain very changeable.

The weather will continue to be dominated by the influence of an Atlantic storm, Bruna, which although it will not affect us directly, will have an influence on our local weather situation. This Monday, a more defined Atlantic front will arrive, with abundant cloud cover that will keep the sky overcast for practically the entire day and with some scattered drizzles or showers that will move from west to east. The temperature will start to rise, especially the minimum, and it will be necessary to wait until Tuesday and Wednesday to reach the peak maximum temperature. The traditional Saint Martin's summer will arrive punctually for its annual appointment.

The Atlantic storm Bruna will continue to send fronts towards our territory and will keep bringing plenty of rain to the west of the Peninsula. In Catalonia, very little water is expected, at least this Sunday, and beyond some drizzle or very weak showers during the afternoon, the day is expected to be quite calm. Nevertheless, a more active front could leave more widespread light rain or weak showers heading into Monday afternoon and during the early hours of Tuesday. Temperatures will clearly rise starting Sunday, as the counter-clockwise rotation of this storm – located off the western peninsular coast – will push warmer south-westerly winds towards us, a prelude to the traditional St. Martin's summer.

The only request that Jaume Duch Guillot (Barcelona, 1962) made to President Salvador Illa when he proposed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to him was to change the order of the job title. That is to say, to go from Minister of Foreign Action and European Union of Catalonia to Minister of European Union and Foreign Action of Catalonia. Europe at the forefront. In a decisive and urgent moment for the continent, Duch reviews current international affairs and the role that Catalonia can play. The conversation takes place weeks after having met with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, on a trip led by the president, Salvador Illa, and the mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni.

The sun and the absolute calm of these last few days will not have much continuity. Starting this weekend we will be under the indirect effects of the great Atlantic storm Bruna, which will bring a lot of rain to the west of the Peninsula. At home, however, very little water is expected, for the moment. We will have a Saturday and a Sunday with a more changeable sky due to the presence of quite a few intervals of clouds. But beyond some light rain or a very weak, local and passing shower, no rain is expected. Temperatures will rise clearly starting on Sunday, as the counter-clockwise rotation of this storm – located in front of the western peninsular coast – will push warmer winds from the southwest towards us. The models indicate that next week could begin with an increase in instability.

The Government has now specified what the minimum services will be for the general strike on November 11th in Catalonia. The Department of Business and Labor has decreed that on November 11th, Rodalies, the metro, the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (FGC), the tram, and urban and interurban buses will have to guarantee 25% of the regular service during peak hours, from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. In contrast, the bus service connecting Barcelona with the airport will operate at 50%. In the healthcare sector, the normal operation of emergency services and special units will be maintained, while in schools, there will be one teacher for every six classes in preschool and primary education.

Electric cars finally seem to have found the necessary momentum in Catalonia. According to data from Faconauto and ANFAC, registrations of electric vehicles this past October have grown by 100.52% compared to the month of October in 2025. In the year-to-date total, with data from the months of October to November 2026, the growth percentage stands at a surprising 57.71% compared to the 2025 figures. In other words, throughout 2026 more than 22,000 new electric cars have been registered in Catalonia, and the market trend suggests that this year the psychological barrier of 25,000 new electric cars sold in Catalan territory will be surpassed.

This Friday will be a day to take advantage of, with sun and calm that will prevail everywhere, morning fog and milder weather at midday. But starting from the weekend we will be under the indirect effects of a deep Atlantic low-pressure system, with more cloudiness, little rain and an increasingly mild environment. A storm that has already been christened with the name of Bruna and which will leave a lot of rain in the western peninsula. Perhaps at the beginning of the week the precipitation will arrive with more momentum towards our region. All this after yesterday, Thursday, scattered and weak showers and sprinkles already fell in many places. Very little in general, and not everywhere. Even so, in the regions of Tarragona it rained with a bit more intensity, especially in the Baix Ebre and Montsià, where records of between 10 and 15 l/m² were reached.

After the calm and sun that dominated again on Wednesday, these last few hours a new change in the weather has arrived. Since dawn, cloudiness has increased and light and scattered drizzles or showers have been arriving through Ponent and the Ebre area, moving from southwest to northeast. It has already rained lightly in several regions. Very little in general, although up to 10 l/m² have accumulated in the Ebre area, for example at the Illa de Buda, in Montsià. There will be areas where it will not rain, such as some points in the northeast or in the Lleida regions. A minor change, but one that will leave the sky more loaded with intervals of clouds, with a risk of these passing and short-lived showers. In the coming days we will enter an Atlantic dynamic that will bring us little rain and a less cold environment.

The injection of cold air from northeastern Europe has caused a sharp drop in temperature that has left the atmosphere in these last few hours more typical of early winter than mid-autumn. This morning the cold is widespread, with values below 10 ºC even on the coast. You need to dress warmly to leave the house early in the morning, with a good jacket or coat. Thermometers have bottomed out, but from today onwards maximum temperatures will begin to recover slowly, with much calmer weather and sun that will gain ground throughout the day.

The announced change in weather is finally here. Since Monday evening, rain has been falling between the Camp de Tarragona and the southern coast and pre-coastal areas of Barcelona, as well as in nearby zones. So far, the more than 80 l/m² accumulated in the city of Tarragona, the more than 70 in Torredembarra, or the more than 60 in Cunit stand out. This rain has fallen with intensity in some cases, but it has been very localized in these sectors, as in most counties it has not rained yet. The precipitation will continue to fall in these areas today and will gain ground throughout the day in many more counties. It will be mainly in the afternoon and evening when the rain will make its presence felt in many more places. In this regard, Meteocat maintains an alert for intense rain that can leave more than 20 l/m² in just half an hour or more than 60 l/m² in three hours in these local areas, especially in the Camp de Tarragona.

This first week of November will bring us significant changes. Today will still be a fairly quiet day, but from the afternoon onwards, the first local showers may appear on the coast and pre-coast, and the temperature will begin to drop. The core of the anticyclone will be located in northern Europe and will drive the entry of a very cold air mass from the east of the continent towards our area. It will be this Tuesday when we will notice the most significant drop in thermometers and the atmosphere will be cold in general, with an environment more typical of late autumn or early winter. This cold air influx will have a Mediterranean trajectory, bringing moisture and precipitation. Therefore, tomorrow will be a cloudier day with a risk of rain in many places, while in the Pyrenees it may snow down to 1,500 m or lower.

A couple of weeks ago, the CEO of Seat and Cupra, the German Markus Haupt, admitted during the inauguration of the Paris Motor Show that “Seat could disappear” depending on the evolution of emission regulations governed by the European Union and the volume of vehicles that the brand can register. For some years now, however, the Volkswagen Group's leadership roadmap has been to strengthen the aspirational subsidiary Cupra, now converted into an independent brand that generates more operating margin, instead of the traditional Seat, a brand with little associated value and a complicated positioning within the Volkswagen Group universe.

Today, All Saints' Day, the sun will prevail and mild weather will be the protagonist. The morning began with low clouds in parts of the coast, as well as in the Central Depression, valleys of the Pyrenees, Pre-Pyrenees, and Pre-coastal range, where we find some banks of fog.

The weather will be full autumn this weekend and with a bit of everything depending on the area. Today will be a day with intervals of clouds and a risk of some local showers, especially in the Ebre and the Costa Brava, while the rain will be a bit more prominent in the Valencian Country and the Balearic Islands. This early morning some downpours were recorded that, locally, have accumulated 31 l/m²² on the island of Buda, 4 l/m²² in Miami Platja, 3 l/m²² in les Cases d'Alcanar and 0.5 l/m²² in Falset.

The cooling was more evident yesterday along the coast and pre-coastal areas of Barcelona, and in the northeast, with between 2 and 4 degrees less than in previous days. Conversely, towards the southern interior of the country, temperatures still locally reached 25 or 26 ºC. A thermal drop that will accentuate even more in the coming days. We will arrive at the Castanyada and All Saints' Day weekend with a full autumn atmosphere: nights will be cold and midday periods between cool and mild. All of this will be the result of the arrival of cold northeast winds coming from Eastern Europe, which, at the same time, will increase instability. Some showers are expected in parts of the Ebro, the northeast, the Balearic Islands, and, especially, the Valencian Community.

The thermometers have started to drop in these last few hours. Today we are already waking up to a much more marked coolness or cold, while yesterday the mildness marked at midday was still repeated, with many highs of 20 to 25 °C, locally up to 26 °C in the southern interior. Little by little we are leaving behind the 'little summer' of the last few days. And that is because during the second part of the week the core of the anticyclone will be located between central and northern Europe, a fact that will push colder northeasterly winds towards us. This will cause the thermometers to fall, waiting for a cold 'Castanyada' like the ones of a lifetime. All this with a rebound in instability that will leave some showers on the coast, the Ebro and, above all, in the Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands. Next week the cold could become even more evident.

The little summer reached its peak yesterday, with an atmosphere clearly too warm for the season that left many maximums of 21 to 26 ºC, but locally these figures were exceeded in Priorat and the Ebro valley, reaching 27 ºC. Unusual values for the end of October, with up to five degrees above the average. But this mass of warm air will be leaving starting this Wednesday, with temperatures that will be dropping and normalizing completely throughout the week. Calm will continue to dominate, but some changes will begin to appear. We will arrive at the Castanyada with an atmosphere usual for the time of year: at night it will be cold, and at midday it will no longer be hot.

Adif is struggling to keep up with copper thieves. The state-owned company, which manages the Catalan railway network, is facing serious logistical difficulties in finding the copper cable needed to replace all the material stolen from it in recent months. As ARA has learned, this year's flood of thefts, which exceeds all records to date, has pushed the company's reserve stocks to the limit, and it is now scrambling to cover all the needs required by the network and keep the system running.

The week has started with a new leap forward in temperatures. Yesterday, 25 ºC was already exceeded in the Ebro valley, and 20 ºC in most regions, highlighting the almost 28 ºC recorded at the Riba-roja reservoir (Ribera d'Ebre). An atmosphere warmer than what would correspond to this time of year that will peak today, as we will still add a few more degrees. But this little summer will not have much continuity, as from Wednesday and especially Thursday temperatures will go down and we will arrive at the Castanyada with more normal values for the dates. All this with absolute calm due to the anticyclone affecting a large part of Europe.