The Government puts the coastal and pre-coastal regions on alert due to the risk of downpours this Tuesday

BarcelonaThis Tuesday is expected to be complicated in terms of rain. From the early hours, a round of showers and storms is expected, which could be strong and leave torrential downpours in various regions. In fact, Civil Protection has activated the Inuncat alert for this Monday night and for the following 24 hours due to the possibility of very intense downpours throughout the Catalan coast and pre-coast. At the same time, Meteocat has issued a red warning (5 out of 6) for rain in eight regions, including Barcelona, during the period from 6 am to 12 pm this Tuesday.

The regions that have received the alert are the following: la Selva, Maresme, Vallès Oriental, Vallès Occidental, Barcelonès, Baix Llobregat, Garraf, Alt Penedès, Conca de Barberà, Baix Camp, Alt Camp, Baix Penedès and Tarragonès. The forecast is for intense rain that could lead to significant accumulations of water that may exceed 40 liters per square meter in just half an hour, or 90 and even 150 in three hours, without ruling out local amounts of up to 150 liters per square meter in total.

Faced with this scenario, the Government sent an Es-Alert this Monday at ten o'clock at night to the fourteen coastal and pre-coastal regions expected to be most affected by the rain. The forecast is for the downpours to begin in the Camp de Tarragona area at dawn and move north throughout the day until they cross the entire country. As explained by the deputy director of Civil Protection, Imma Solé, the message will be to ask for caution and will not include specific mobility restrictions.

Solé explained that these will be localized and concentrated storms, which could lead to episodes such as it raining torrentially in one specific part of a city while not a drop falls in another. Given the variability of the weather, Civil Protection does not rule out having to issue new Es-Alerts during the day in specific points where a lot of water may be accumulating. For the moment, this Tuesday at eight in the morning they will appear to explain the state of the rain front and possible impacts. In any case, caution has been requested, to exercise extreme precautions in mobility and outdoor activities and not to approach flood-prone areas, not to park in streams or flood-prone points, and not to cross spaces with water accumulation.

During this Tuesday morning, downpours are expected, especially in parts of the coast and pre-coast, particularly between Barcelona and Girona. In the afternoon, the main part of the episode will move to the northeast, although scattered showers will continue to fall in other areas, especially along the coast and pre-coast. These precipitations will be fueled by a sea that is much warmer than it should be at this time of year. Rain will be less likely or testimonial in the western regions.