21 Oct, 2024 @ 12:29
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Storm Ashley is felt in Spain: ‘Weather bomb’ ushers in seven days of rain – these are the affected areas

STORM Ashley is still being felt in parts of Spain today after battering Ireland with 130km/hr winds and heavy rain.

Meteorologist Ruben del Campo yesterday explained how the storm’s ‘rapid drop in pressure’ caused a so-called ‘weather bomb’ between Saturday and Sunday.

“This powerful extratropical cyclone will not reach Spain, but we will notice its indirect effects,” he said.

“Some waves may exceed eight metres off the coast of Galicia, and the southwesterly wind driven by the storm will leave gusts of more than 70-80 km/h in the northwest of the peninsula.”

Monday (today) will see partly cloudy skies across Spain apart from Galicia and the Cantabrian Sea, where it will continue to rain.

Tuesday will then usher in rain and cloudy conditions for certain parts of the country.

The rainfall will affect Mallorca until at least Friday, while Barcelona will see showers on Tuesday and again on Friday and throughout the weekend.

Much of the Valencia region will also see rain, particularly in the southern half, where it could be intense, according to state weather agency Aemet.

It is currently forecast to rain for seven days straight in Valencia city, for example.

Seven days of rain currently forecast for Valencia
It’s going to be a wet week for Mallorca, according to meteorologists

Andalucia will be the least impacted by the rain but there are showers predicted for inland and coastal areas towards the end of the week.

Temperatures across the country will not be out of the ordinary for this time of year, said Aemet.

Provinces like Sevilla will see highs of 27C until Friday, when the mercury will drop to 23C and be accompanied by showers.

Similarly on the Costa del Sol, cities like Marbella will see highs of 24C today before falling to 21C on Thursday with predicted showers, before falling again to 19C at the weekend.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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