The cold is back: Storm Gerard warns 40 provinces for snow, wind, waves and rain.

The seventh storm of the season, named Gerard, is ahead of Fien and will affect Spain this Monday with wind, waves, snow and rain. According to the forecast of the State Meteorological Agency, this phenomenon will endanger about 40 provinces across the country.

Aemet announces for this Monday widespread and persistent rain in Galicia and the Cantabria region, snow in the mountains of the north of the peninsula – especially in the Pyrenees – strong winds in the north and east of the country and significant precipitation. temperature. The wind will put A Coruña and Lugo (orange), and Teruel, Zaragoza, Asturias, Cantabria, Balearic Islands, Albacete, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Barcelona, ​​Tarragona, Ourense, Madrid, Murcia, Guipuzcoa, at a significant risk. (Yellow) Vizcaya, La Rioja, Alicante, Castellón, Valencia, Almeria, Granada, Burgos, Avila, León, Zamora, Soria, Valladolid, Segovia, Zamora and Palencia.

The coastal events made it necessary to issue a warning of significant risk in Cantabria, Asturias, Girona, A Coruña, Lugo, Pontevedra, Gipuzkoa, Vizcaya, Almeria and Granada. The Balearic Islands, Barcelona, ​​Tarragona, Alicante, Castellón, Valencia and Malaga, as well as the autonomous city of Melilla, will also be at risk from waves, but at a lower level.

Also this Monday, snow will affect different areas such as Huesca, which will be at significant risk, as well as Navarre, while Zaragoza, Burgos, León, Palencia, Soria, Zamora, Barcelona, ​​Girona, Lleida and La Rioja will be. on a lower level warning. The rain will also put Asturias, León, Pontevedra, Navarre, Álava, Guipuzcoa and Vizcaya at risk, while Cantabria will be at significant risk due to the same phenomenon.

Forecast for this Monday

According to Aemet’s forecast, skies will be overcast in the northern half of the peninsula, with persistent and widespread precipitation in Galicia, the Cantabrian region and the central and western Pyrenees, which may be locally heavy in the Cantabrian coastal areas and surroundings.

Showers will be less likely further south, although they may be persistent around the central and Iberian systems.

Intervals of medium and high cloud are expected in the southern half of the peninsula, which will become cloudy or overcast during the day, with light and occasional precipitation in mountainous areas.

In the Balearic Islands and the points located on the central Catalan coast, occasional showers are not out of the question. In the Canary Islands, cloudy skies and precipitation are expected with the highest terrain in the north of the islands, with generally cloudy intervals in the rest.

Snow level: in the northwest of the peninsula 1200/1500 meters increases to 1800/2000 meters; In the rest of the northern half, 700/900 meters rise to 1300/1500 in the Pyrenees and 1600/1800 in the rest.

Daytime temperatures will remain unchanged or increase in the west and north-west of the peninsula, with locally noticeable decreases in the south-eastern third, the Balearic Islands and the area around the Pyrenees.

The minimums, in turn, will increase in the northwest and decrease in the east and southeast, with little change or a slight decrease in the Canary Islands. In the north and east of the peninsula there will be light frosts, more intense in the Pyrenees.