Devastating news for Irish tourists heading to Spain as rare weather alert issued
On Tuesday yellow warnings for heavy rain and storms are in place for large swathes of eastern Spain and the Balearic Islands
Irish tourists visiting Spain over the coming days are being urged to take care after a very rare weather alert was issued by the country's meteorological service.
Severe storms and torrential rain are set to batter mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands. The weather warning will remain active right through to Thursday October 31.
Rainfall of up to 150mm is forecast for many parts of the country, including the Costa del Sol. Amber warnings for rain and storms have been issued for the Valencia region, while coastal warnings for waves of up to 4m and winds of 60km/h cover the east coast.
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For Monday, Aemet warned of “locally strong and/or persistent showers and thunderstorms in in the Balearic Islands, Girona, Albacete and coastal and pre-coastal areas of Tarragona, Castellón, Murcia, Almería, Málaga and the Strait of Gibraltar.”
On Tuesday yellow warnings for heavy rain and storms are in place for large swathes of eastern Spain and the Balearic Islands.
It's expected that Ibiza will be battered with winds of up to 70km/h and waves of up to 4m. Majorca and Menorca are set to endure gusts of up to 60km/h in coastal regions.
Live Spain thunder and rain tracker below:
“The Peninsula and the Balearic Islands are likely to continue with unstable weather under the influence of low pressure. With a margin of uncertainty, precipitation and storms are likely in the southern half, areas of the northeast, the Strait, the Alboran and the Balearic Islands, without ruling out neighbouring areas," said Aemet in its weather forecast for Tuesday.
Aemet added: "The peak day of this episode is expected on Tuesday 29, with the highest probability of these intense precipitations and storms expected in the Strait area, Eastern Andalusia, Murcia, east of Castilla-La Mancha and the Valencian Community. Due to the intensity and persistence of rainfall, it is likely that in these areas 120-150 mm may be locally exceeded.
"Locally very strong and persistent rainfall will affect western Andalusia, the Strait area, a large part of the Iberian system, northern Valencia and Catalonia. In a way less intense and more dispersed showers are expected to extend to other areas of the interior of the peninsula, leaving the extreme northwest, extreme southeast, Cantabrian area and the Balearic Islands with much less impact."
The rare and severe weather is the result of a DANA (Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos) which translates to isolated depression at high levels.
According to one weather expert: "A DANA is a type of weather phenomenon in which a "pocket" of cold air in the upper atmosphere separates from the main stream and sweeps over a warmer air mass. This process can result in severe weather, including heavy rains, and flooding."
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