No news: sun, heat at noon and afternoon thunderstorms

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

Sunday: more heat and storms

Temperatures will still rise further on Sunday, especially on the coast, the pre-coast and the southern half of the country. Very warm atmosphere at midday, with values higher than those corresponding to this time of year. Many maximums will range between 23 and 28 °C, but in Ponent, Priorat and the interior of the Ebro, 30 °C can be reached or locally reached again. Although it will be hotter, cloudiness will grow with more energy, and from mid-morning the first showers may escape. It will be from midday and during the afternoon that showers and thunderstorms will extend to any point in the Pyrenees, Pre-Pyrenees and northern Catalonia Central, and will also approach Montseny and the regions of Ponent.

Precipitation will gain intensity and extent, and some showers may also reach points in the northeast and the prelitoral of Barcelona. Some downpours will occur that may locally leave more than 20 l/m² in just half an hour, even with hail or sleet, a fact that has motivated a warning for rain intensity in half an hour in the regions of Berguedà, Lluçanès, Osona, Garrotxa, and Ripollès.

Monday: sun in the morning and showers in the afternoon

Few changes to start the week, with a very sunny Monday morning and an afternoon marked by the growth of clouds from the pre-coastal areas towards the interior. Some storms may appear after lunchtime, affecting a good part of the northern third of the counties. The temperature will remain with few changes, with a minimum that will rise everywhere and a maximum that could even rise a little on the coast and in Ponent, reaching 28 or 29 °C where the mercury climbs the most.