Spain Weather - Friday July 30 2010

Spain Weather - Friday July 30 2010
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By h.b. - Jul 30, 2010 - 6:46 AM

© AEMET. Autorizado el uso de la información y su reproducción citando a AEMET como autora de la misma.

As 5.1 million journeys are expected to be taken on Spanish roads this weekend, according to the DGT traffic authorities, as one holiday month ends and another begins, AEMET, the Spanish state meteorological agency says that the heat will continue or get even worse until Sunday.

Last year hold ups of more than 200 kms were formed on the Saturday between 1 and 2pm.

25 provinces and the Canaries are now on weather alert because of the high temperatures.
Cáceres, Badajoz, Madrid, Toledo, Ciudad Real, Córdoba and Jaén are on orange alert where temperaturas could reach 40 degrees, while Zamora,Salamanca, Galicia, Navarra, Zaragoza, Huesca,Teruel, Guadalajara, Cuenca, Albacete, Valencia,Alicante, Murcia, Granada, Sevilla, Huelva
and the Canaries are on Yellow Alert where temperatures could reach 36 degrees.
Occasional showers will continue in the east of Cataluña, and indeed were seen at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona on Thursday.
It’s expected to be slightly cooler along the western Andalucia coast and unchanged on the Baleares.

Winds will be weak to moderate N in general in the northern half of the peninsular and on the Canary coast, with strong gusts along the Galician coast and the Ebro Valley.
Levante moderate winds in the Strait.

Temperatures
Highs: Granada 37, Murcia 34, Málaga 32, Alicante, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 30, Palma de Mallorca, Valencia 29, Almería, Barcelona, Cádiz 28,
Lows: Murcia 23, Alicante, Almería, Barcelona, Cádiz, Málaga, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Valencia 22, Granada 19, Palma de Mallorca 18

Outlook
After Sunday temperatures will fall as cloud starts to cross the country from the NW, bringing rain on Monday to Cataluña and the Pyrenees.

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