Spain will experience a thermal drop and greater meteorological instability this weekend

The weather will take a turn over the next few days in Spain after the extreme temperatures recorded at the beginning of this week. This Friday, August 21, the thermal decline that began on Thursday will continue in much of the country, especially in the north and northeast, while instability will favor the appearance of storms in different parts of the Peninsula. According to Meteored, temperatures will remain below the usual values ​​for the season in large areas.

In fact, starting this Friday, the Peninsula will be "marked by an increase in instability," according to Meteored expert Andrea Danta. The decline will be especially pronounced in the extreme north. Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Country and Navarra will have maximum temperatures generally between 21 and 25 ºC, while in the interior of the northern half they will move between 23 and 30 ºC. In the southwest, on the other hand, temperatures may rise slightly, with values ​​of 30-33 ºC, while the southeast will continue to register heat, with up to 35 ºC in the Region of Murcia.

Friday's day will also be marked by greater instability due to the advance of a DANA through the Peninsula. This situation, according to what they indicate, could generate storms in different areas, while temperatures will continue to drop in the north and, especially, in the northeast. In Mallorca, for example, the decrease will be notable compared to the extreme values ​​of recent days, with maximums around 32 ºC.

Meteorologist José Antonio Maldonado, from Meteored, warns that this Saturday "a front associated with a cold storm will arrive that will deepen quite a bit in the Atlantic and will affect the Peninsula." The system will leave numerous precipitations in the north and northeast, some of them heavy and accompanied by storms. In the rest of the Peninsula, cloudiness will also increase, although precipitation will tend to progressively retreat to the south after the passage of the front.

The situation could get complicated on Sunday. The storm will remain located off the west of the peninsula and will continue to condition the weather, with abundant cloudiness in much of the northern half and the Balearic Islands. The showers may occasionally be strong and stormy in the northeastern regions, while in the south they will be more isolated.

Maldonado warns that a "quite deep" storm could form in western Spain over the weekend. If this scenario is confirmed, the beginning of next week would be marked by a notable rebound in instability. Maldonado points out that, according to the European model, the storm could deepen "inappropriately for the end of August", with locally very intense showers and storms, especially in the north of the peninsula.