A weekend with two different faces in terms of weather begins. We'll start it with the passage of a front associated with an Atlantic storm located in the west of the peninsula, which will cause a rather grey day and a general spell of rain that will sweep across the whole country from south to north, especially from the afternoon onwards. Large quantities are not expected, although some locally intense storms are not ruled out, especially in the Terres de l'Ebre. An umbrella is essential on Saturday, but, on the other hand, on Sunday calm and sun will once again dominate, with only a few afternoon showers in the west. Temperatures will begin to rise from then on.

These last hours of Thursday have seen some very localized and irregular showers and storms again, especially in certain parts of the pre-coastal areas, the interior, and the Pyrenees and pre-Pyrenees. Highlights include the 23 l/m² accumulated in Ports or the 13 in Alinyà (Alt Urgell). But above all, there have been more intense and extensive storms all day in the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Country, with local accumulations of more than 70 or 80 l/m² in the Ribera Alta or Marina Alta. And the instability will continue in the coming days. Friday will be a variable day with the risk of new, minor afternoon showers. But all eyes are on Saturday, as an Atlantic low-pressure system will send us a front that could cause a spell of rain that would sweep across all regions from south to north. Nevertheless, the weekend would end with much more calm and a rise in temperatures.

The changing and completely spring-like weather we have been having in recent days will continue for the rest of the week, albeit with nuances. Today, instability will decrease temporarily, with more localized afternoon showers in parts of the Pyrenees, the northeast, and the Ports area, with more sun and calm in the rest. But from Thursday onwards, showers and thunderstorms will gain ground again, and meteorological activity will increase towards the weekend. As for temperatures, they will remain well under control.

The first full week of May has started off very busy. The passage of an instability line with cold air at high altitudes caused showers and storms to gain extent and strength yesterday, affecting a large part of the country. They also reached the coast, although they passed by more lightly. In inland areas and in some corners of the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees, readings of between 20 and 45 l/m² were reached, with 46 l/m² in Belltall (Conca de Barberà), 36 in Alinyà (Alt Urgell), and 30 in Manresa (Bages) standing out. Rain that has clearly lowered the thermometers, and this Tuesday we wake up to a colder atmosphere that makes us have to bundle up more at first light. Both today and for much of the week, this typically spring situation of afternoon showers will be repeated, which will make the phrase true that in May, every day a downpour. All this with temperatures under control.

After a long weekend with many clouds and irregular showers, this first week of May starts with even more unsettled weather. A cold air mass at high altitude, with values close to -25 ºC at 5,500 m altitude, will increase instability. Showers and storms will gain strength and extent this Monday and can appear practically anywhere, especially in the afternoon and evening, and particularly inland. Locally, hailstorms or some hail can occur. And the meteorological situation will continue to be unsettled in the coming days, with the passage of new frontal lines that will keep the sky cloudy and showers. Temperatures will be kept in check, and in the Pyrenees, storms will leave snow at altitudes close to 2,000 m. Throughout Sunday, showers left around 5 l/m² in Ponent, between 10 and 15 in the interior of Montsià and few liters or scattered drops in many other places. But the most significant accumulations were concentrated in the Pyrenees, with up to 32 l/m² in Espot (2,400 m), 23 in Boí (2,500 m), 19 in Ulldeter (2,413 m), 16 in Nuria (1971 m) or 15 in el Pont de Suert.

The weather will remain uncertain with more showers. In fact, a good spell of precipitation swept through the south of the country yesterday morning, with accumulations of up to 40 l/m² in Miami Platja (Mont-roig del Camp), 12 l/m² in Tivissa and in the PN of Ports and 11 l/m² in Riudecanyes. Throughout the midday and afternoon, showers continued in the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees, with amounts ranging between 3 and 5 l/m² (in Espot, up to 14 l/m²). At the end of this information, we will add a more extensive list of accumulated rainfall amounts.

The weather has been fully spring-like for days, with scattered showers and thunderstorms and a temperature much higher than normal, as demonstrated by our closing the warmest April since records began in our country. This weekend will not change this trend and the weather will remain very changeable with new irregular downpours in some areas, although far from everywhere. A typically spring unstable situation that will also continue next week, with temperatures that will gradually decrease and normalize, although still with thermal mildness during the central hours of the day.

The passage of a line of instability reactivated showers and irregular storms on Thursday, although they were more irregular and localized than initially forecast. All of this is the prelude to a long May Day weekend that is proving to be very changeable and with new irregular showers in some areas, although nowhere near everywhere. A typically spring instability situation that will continue next week, with temperatures that will be dropping and normalizing.

We are on the eve of a long May Day weekend that is shaping up to be typically spring-like, with instability and a lot of variability. Therefore, the saying will hold true: in May, every day a lightning strike. The influence of a small bulge of cold air will facilitate the growth of powerful cloudiness that will bring irregular storms and showers in various regions, especially in the western half and the north of the country. This Thursday, several regions are on alert for intense rain, especially in Central Catalonia, the eastern Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees, and Lleida. Wherever they fall, some local downpours may occur, with occasional hail or sleet. In fact, yesterday we already had the first scattered showers or mud drizzles, with a variable or overcast sky due to the passage of cloud bands and the presence of suspended dust. Temperatures have remained and will remain high for the dates, although they will tend to drop over the weekend.

A few days before the end of the month, this April has been exceptionally warm, and we will see if it has left us any heat records. But the weather will undergo changes in the coming days. Today the sky will be variable or overcast, with a risk of some drizzles or light rain accompanied by mud. In the morning they will be more likely, especially in parts of the coast and pre-coast, and in the afternoon more towards the southern face of the Pyrenees and western Pre-Pyrenees. From Thursday and throughout the long May Day weekend, we will be under the effects of a small pocket of cold air that will increase instability. Showers and thunderstorms will gain ground and strength, and will affect more regions, especially in the northern half.

We leave behind a weekend of typically spring weather, with mornings of generalized sunshine and afternoons of showers and thunderstorms in the northern half. A situation that will repeat in the coming days, but with some nuances. Today we wake up with a few drops in the interior that will move away, and from mid-morning the first showers will appear in the north of the country, which will intensify and affect various regions of the Pyrenees, Pre-Pyrenees, and the northern interior until dusk. On Tuesday, thin clouds will increase and afternoon showers will be less widespread. On Wednesday, the cloudiness will be even denser and the downpours could reach other regions. Temperatures will remain stable, with high maximums for the season that will approach 30 °C in Poniente and in the interior of the Ebro valley.

The weekend has begun with very pleasant weather in general, a situation that will continue in the coming days, with no significant changes in sight. Even so, the spring-like dynamic will be maintained, with sunny mornings and light clouds, and afternoons with cloudiness and storms in the northern half, which in some cases will move out of this area and affect more regions. Temperatures will rise and the atmosphere will be warmer, especially on Sunday and during the next week, with maximums that will again exceed 30 °C in Ponent and in the interior of the Ebro valley.

A weekend that will be marked by completely spring-like ingredients begins. Mornings will be calm overall, but in the afternoons, cloudiness will increase, bringing irregular showers and storms to the Pyrenees, Pre-Pyrenees, and nearby areas. In fact, these drizzles will gain extent and strength, and especially on Sunday, they may reach more areas in the northeast and north of Central Catalonia. Locally, there will be some downpours accompanied by hail or sleet, so caution will be necessary if we are in these areas on the weekend, especially if we have planned activities in high mountains. Temperatures will rise and the atmosphere will be warmer, especially on Sunday. All this after a Friday that has already given us many highs of 21 to 26 ºC and some minor drizzles in the Pyrenees.

Temperatures have clearly dropped this Sant Jordi, with a markedly less warm atmosphere and most highs between 20 and 25 °C, far from the more than 30 °C reached in Ponent and the Ebro in recent days. A decrease that has been caused by the strengthening of cooler maritime wind from the east and north-east, which has been strongly felt on the coast, with gusts that have locally exceeded 50 km/h and waves between 1 and 2.5 meters high in some cases. The sun has dominated in most regions, but some afternoon showers have also repeated in the Pyrenees, in the Alt Maresme and the Montseny area, although less significant and extensive than in previous days. These spring showers will repeat on Friday and the weekend in mountainous areas, while in most of the country, sun and calm will continue to dominate. The atmosphere will become warmer again in the coming midday hours.

After a week marked by afternoon downpours and storms with hail and sleet in some regions, this Sant Jordi the weather will not be clear. It will be a pleasant and quite sunny day in most of the country to enjoy the book and rose stalls outdoors, but there will be exceptions. In the morning, some drizzles may occur in the northeast and in the Ebro, and in the afternoon some irregular downpours and storms will be repeated in the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees. All this with a clear drop in temperatures due to the entry of cooler northwesterly winds. A decrease that will be particularly noticeable in the interior and will make the heat much more contained in the middle of the day. All this after storms were repeated this Wednesday, especially in the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees, in the northeast and in the Ebro, while a warm peak was experienced, with maximums of up to 31 or 32 °C in the west and in the interior of the Ebro, highlighting the 32.2 ºC reached in Vinebre (Ribera d'Ebre).

Afternoon storms have lost extent this Tuesday and have concentrated mainly in parts of the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees, where some downpours with hail or sleet have recurred. The heavy hailstorm in Ribes de Freser (Ripollès) stands out, where the accumulated ice thickness has been significant, hindering mobility in the municipality and leaving a completely white landscape. Locally, 20 or 30 l/m² have been exceeded, with the more than 30 that fell in Gisclareny (Berguedà) being noteworthy, and showers will still fall in the north of the country until early evening. All this after the heavy downpours on Monday left an exceptional hailstorm for this time of year in Osona, with stones between 2 and 3 cm in diameter in some cases. Although not a size record, it is the earliest hailstorm with the largest amount of large stones recorded in Catalonia (you will find more details at the end of this information). This is not at all normal outside the usual hailstorm season, which runs from June to September.

We have started the week with new showers and afternoon storms that have gained strength and extent. Yesterday they affected quite a few regions, especially in the Pyrenees, the Pre-Pyrenees, the northeast, other areas of the northern half and the Terres de l'Ebre. Some downpours were strong and left between 15 and 30 l/m² or more in the north of the country in a short time, with some hail and sleet. A typically spring situation with calm mornings and afternoon showers in some areas that will continue in the coming days, although the precipitation will clearly lose extent and will be concentrated more towards the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees.

The presence of a bit of cold air at altitude and a slight drop in atmospheric pressure have made daytime clouds grow with enthusiasm in mountainous areas this weekend, with showers and storms that have intensified and will reappear on the afternoons of this new week. All this after yesterday's showers and storms - some of them of a certain intensity - mainly affected points in the northern half and left up to 38 l/m² in Cadí Nord, 21 in La Seu d'Urgell (Alt Urgell) or 20 in Molló (Ripollès). The downpours even reached - much weaker and more worn out - points on the coast and pre-coast of Girona and Barcelona. And this situation will extend for more days, also for Sant Jordi, with high temperatures for the season and increasing dust in suspension. Meteocat maintains an alert for intense rain in some counties:

We are starting a weekend that will be marked by heat more typical of late spring than mid-April, with highs around 30 °C between Poniente and the Ebro interior. In fact, this figure was already reached locally yesterday in these areas. Temperatures will be above the usual average for this time of year, but changes in the weather are coming. The presence of a bit of cold air at altitude will cause daytime clouds to grow more energetically in mountainous areas, and afternoon showers and thunderstorms will increase. They will fall today in parts of the Pyrenees, Pre-Pyrenees, and the Els Ports area, and from Sunday onwards they will increase in these areas and nearby zones. A typically spring situation of contrasts that will continue next week.