Locally strong downpours until the night, but the calm is already arriving

BarcelonaThe change in weather has brought us a clear cooling this Thursday –especially in the northern half of the country–, the first dustings of snow at high altitudes in the western Pyrenees, a strong northerly wind at the extremes, and new showers and thunderstorms in the northeast that, until nightfall, will still fall and affect the central coast. So far, the 38 l/m² accumulated in Banyoles (Pla de l'Estany), the 23 in Cantonigròs (Osona), or the 22 in Fogars de la Selva (Selva) stand out. Regarding the wind, the 127 km/h recorded in Portbou (Alt Empordà) and the 101 km/h in El Perelló (Baix Ebre). Meteocat maintains alerts activated for intense rain until midnight on the central coast and for strong wind and rough seas in Alt Empordà.

It is the final firecracker of the instability, since from this Friday the sun and calm will dominate everywhere for quite a few days and the north wind will gradually lose steam. But watch out for the temperatures, as they will bottom out on Friday and will even be slightly below average. You will need to dress warmer early in the day, as it will be cold, while in the middle of the day the environment will be between cool and mild. The weekend will be one to take advantage of.

Friday: calm returns

This Friday we will wake up to a clearly colder atmosphere everywhere. A jacket will be essential in many regions, and a good sweater will even be necessary on the coast. Most minimum temperatures will range between 5 ºC and 10 ºC inland and in parts of the pre-coastal area, but in the Pyrenees they will remain lower, with frosts especially at medium and high altitudes. On the coast, many values will be between 12 ºC and 17 ºC. Maximum temperatures will also remain low, with most readings between 17 ºC and 23 ºC.

A full autumn day that will be marked by widespread sun and absolute calm. It will not rain anywhere after many days of downpours and heavy rain. The mistral and the tramontane will blow strongly until the morning on the peaks of the Pyrenees, in the Empordà and the Ebro, but in the afternoon the wind will lose strength and will concentrate in the Empordà. Only remnants of some local showers will remain between Mallorca and Menorca.

Weekend to take advantage of

The weekend will be generally calm, with sunshine dominating especially on Saturday. On Sunday, a tail end of a front will brush against the Pyrenees. This will cause an increase in cloud intervals in general – especially in the north of the country – but it will not rain. Only a few scattered showers might escape in the northern Pyrenean face.

No new episode of significant rainfall is seen in the medium term. Temperatures will rise starting from the weekend, but they will simply normalize, with an atmosphere between mild and slightly warm in the middle of the day, and very cool or cold nights. In short, we will have the atmosphere that corresponds to this time of year.