Do I take the umbrella or not? Find out when and where it might rain this long weekend

BarcelonaThe passage of a line of instability has reactivated showers and irregular storms this Thursday. In principle, they should have been more extensive and strong in the Pyrenees, Pre-Pyrenees, Central Catalonia, and Ponent, but they have finally been more irregular and local, and less significant than initially predicted. And until dusk, they will still be falling in these areas, even with some downpours locally accompanied by hail or sleet. Meteocat maintains the alert for intense rain activated in several counties, and the Inuncat plan remains activated in the alert phase.

All of this is the prelude to a long May Day weekend that promises to be very changeable and with new irregular showers in some areas, although by no means everywhere. A typically spring unstable situation that will continue next week, with temperatures that will gradually decrease and normalize.

Friday: new showers

This Friday, the festive First of May, we will start the new month with again changing and variable weather, with dust in suspension and intervals of clouds that will circulate throughout the country. During the morning there will be more cloudiness south of the Terres de l'Ebre, where some showers will escape, especially in the Els Ports area. The sea breeze will strengthen and will be noticeable mainly on the coast and in elevated areas throughout the day.

Throughout the day, precipitation will fall with a cloudy sky on the southern face of the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees of Lleida, and in the afternoon showers and some thunderstorms will repeat in the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees, especially in the western sector. Some scattered showers are not ruled out north of Central Catalonia and Ponent, as well as in the Els Ports area. Furthermore, throughout the day the sky will be cloudy with showers in the Valencian Country, and in the Balearic Islands some weak and local showers will fall.

In the rest of the regions, variability will be maintained, but with little risk of rain, without ruling out some local drizzles, especially on the coast and pre-coast. Temperatures will drop and the atmosphere will be less warm at midday. Cool or mild mornings, and many highs between 21 and 26 °C.

Eventful weekend

On Saturday, instability will be concentrated mainly in the western half and the Pyrenees. During the first part of the day, showers or drizzles may fall in the regions of Tarragona, Lleida, southern Barcelona, and the Valencian Country, and as the hours pass – especially in the afternoon – the downpours will increasingly concentrate in the Pyrenees, Pre-Pyrenees, and nearby areas, locally with thunderstorms. More clear skies and calm between Girona and Barcelona.

On Sunday, the weather will remain unsettled, with a risk of irregular showers and thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon, in parts of the Pyrenees, Pre-Pyrenees, the coastal range, and Los Puertos. In the rest of the areas, the sky will continue to be changeable, without ruling out some weak and local drizzle or shower. This instability will be maintained thanks to the presence of a small pocket of cold air at high altitude, which will feed the growth of clouds.

All of this with temperatures that will drop further this weekend, with less heat and more coolness. And next week it seems we can start with a more extensive period of showers and thunderstorms. A situation still uncertain that we will have to specify further.