Showers and storms this Sunday in the center and south of the Peninsula

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) forecasts for this Sunday occasional showers and storms in the center and southern half of the peninsula, where temperatures will also drop, and in Andalusia the rains may be intense, especially in the western area, around the Strait and in Malaga.

This Sunday the instability with cloudiness of daytime evolution is expected to continue in the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, in the latter probable showers are expected, as well as in the Iberian system and northeast of Catalonia, where it is not ruled out that they are locally intense. In the areas of the northern plateau there will be the possibility of occasional showers; while in the northern third there will be weak and scattered rains.

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Cloudy skies or with intervals in the Canary Islands, with possible weak precipitations in the north of the islands of greater relief, and without ruling out some isolated showers in the central islands. Dust in suspension on the peninsular southeast coast.

Daytime temperatures will continue to decline in the southern third of the peninsula, although in the rest of the country in general they will increase slightly. The minimums will hardly change. Weak frosts in points of the Pyrenees and the western Cantabrian. Winds from the north, being from the northeast in Galicia and the northern plateau, and from the northwest in the Ebro, Ampurdán and the north of the Balearic Islands. In the Canary Islands the wind will blow from the north.

Prediction by communities

Galicia: cloudy in the northern third and slightly cloudy with cloudy intervals in the rest, with evolving cloudiness in the southern mountain areas in the afternoon. Weak rainfall on the Cantabrian coast in the morning that can spread, scattered, towards the interior of the northern third in the afternoon, and the probability of some scattered showers in the afternoon in mountain areas in the east of the Community.

Asturias: cloudy intervals increasing to cloudy with light rain and scattered showers more likely and frequent inland and in the afternoon. Probable mists or scattered mists at high levels of the Cordillera at the beginning and end of the day. Minimum temperatures in decline, more pronounced in the south. Weak and scattered frosts on the summits of the Cordillera.

cantabria: cloudy intervals increasing to cloudy or overcast with light rain and scattered showers more likely and frequent in the afternoon, unlikely in the far south. Probable scattered mists or mists at high elevations in the interior at the beginning and end of the day. Temperatures with slight changes, prevailing increases in the maximum and decreases in the minimum. Possibility of some weak and scattered frosts in the summits of the Cordillera.

Basque Country: cloudy intervals increasing to cloudy or covered with light rains and scattered showers more likely and frequent in the afternoon and in the northern half. Probable scattered mists or mists at high elevations in the interior at the beginning and end of the day. Temperatures with slight changes, prevailing the increases in the minimum.

Castile and Leon: cloudy with evolving cloudiness, with probable scattered showers that can go with a storm, preferably in the afternoon, safer in mountain areas. Minimum temperatures with slight changes and rising maximums in the east and south and without changes in the rest. Scattered weak frosts at high altitudes.

Navarra: cloudy with some evolution clouds in the southern half during the afternoon. Light rains and showers in the northern half, more intense and frequent on the Cantabrian slope. Probable scattered mists or mists at high altitudes in the northern half at the beginning and end of the day. Rising temperatures, more pronounced in the highs of the southern half.

The Rioja: cloudy intervals with evolving cloudiness, without ruling out scattered showers that may be accompanied by storms, more likely in Rioja Alta. Minimum temperatures unchanged or slightly rising and maximum temperatures slightly rising.

Aragon: in the Pyrenees, cloudy skies with rainfall in the afternoon, which will be more abundant in the divide. In the rest, little cloudy at first, increasing to cloudy skies from noon, and with cloudiness of diurnal evolution in mountain areas; Occasional stormy showers are expected in the afternoon in the Iberian system, which will be more intense in Teruel, where it is not ruled out that they may be locally strong, preferably in the southeast.

Catalonia: in the southern third, slightly cloudy at first, increasing at cloudy intervals; in the rest, cloudy sky predominates. Rainfall is expected in the morning in the northeast quadrant and in the Pyrenees, which in the afternoon may spread in the form of scattered showers and occasionally with storms to parts of the northern half. Minimum temperatures without changes or in slight ascent; decreasing maximums in the eastern half and with little change in the rest.

Estremadura: with evolving cloudiness, without ruling out scattered showers that may be accompanied by storms, preferably in the afternoon, more widespread in the south. Temperatures unchanged or rising in the north and unchanged or falling in the south.

Madrid: cloudy or overcast. Occasional showers and storms that will be more frequent in the Sierra. Rising temperatures. Light northeasterly wind with some moderate intervals in the early morning, tending to be variable in the second half of the day.

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Castilla la Mancha: cloudy skies with medium and high clouds and abundant cloudiness of diurnal evolution, with cloudy intervals in the southeast quadrant. Showers and storms especially during the central hours of the day, more frequent in the western third. Rising temperatures, except in the west of Ciudad Real, where there will be little change.

Valencian Community: cloudy intervals, more abundant in central hours. Cloudiness of daytime evolution in the interior from noon, which may leave occasional showers with storms. Temperatures without significant changes.

Murcia: Cloudy skies, without ruling out a shower in the afternoon in the Northwest. Little changed temperatures.

Balearic Islands: in Menorca, sky covered with rain and showers; in Mallorca, cloudy intervals with some occasional precipitation, mainly in the north; in the Pitiusas little cloudy sky with intervals of high clouds from the afternoon. Temperatures with few changes, or rising during the day.

Andalusia: cloudy or overcast skies, with widespread showers, occasionally accompanied by storms and hail, more intense during the afternoon, when they can be locally strong in the western half. Temperatures unchanged, except for the maximum in the western half, which will drop.

Canary Islands: cloudy intervals, with cloudy skies being able to predominate in central hours on the eastern, southern and western slopes of the islands with the highest relief. Probability of light and occasional rains in the western islands, without ruling out the eastern ones. Little changed temperatures.