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Abnormal temps
AEMET in Spain has forecasted abnormally warm weather for the Easter week along with much lesser rainfall than usual.
According to the European Centre for MediumRange Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), “Unusual warm temperatures for this time of year will prevail in the centre and south of the Peninsula.
particularly warm.
Aside from this, the Balearic Islands will also experience high temperatures.
However, temperatures will drop again in the north of the peninsula. Rainfall is expected, but Easter Week in most of Spain will not see much of it.
THE Military Emergency Unit (UME) of Spain joined the effort to extinguish more than 60 simultaneous forest fires that are raging across Asturias.
According to official reports on Wednesday, March 29, many of the fires were small in size and in areas of scrubland, but others pose a much greater risk and resulted in people having to flee their houses.
The condition was made much worse due to the bad weather conditions, which resulted in strong gusts of winds and high temperatures of up to 29 degrees Celsius.
This, as per a news source, has resulted in the Asturian government requesting the intervention of UME. This has also been done to raise the level of emergency to phase two.
Local reports stated that more than 500 peo ple are working to extinguish the fires including Firefighters of Asturias, the Brigade of Reinforcement of Forest Fires (BRIF) of Tineo, personnel of forest companies, the guard of the natural environment, as well as personnel specialised in investigation origin of the fires. Meanwhile, highvelocity wind in some areas prevented the firefighting work and defensive work was carried out.
“However, thermometers are expected to drop compared to previous days on Friday and Saturday,” the statement added.
The temperatures in the south, east, and centre of the Spanish peninsula, as well as the Canary Islands, will be
AEMET also states that the temperatures are expected to be above 20 degrees Celsius in the central and southern regions of the Iberian Peninsula during Easter Week.
Snow is also expected from Saturday onwards in the Pyrenees.
AEMET warns that the
The weather has been unseasonably warm.
“Weather conditions can change and forecasts are not definitive due to the variable nature of the spring season.”
It added, “So uncertainty will never cease to be present in terms of the weather.”
