Overview
- The named Atlantic depression, designated Francis by Portugal’s IPMA and flagged by AEMET, is forecast to spread rain across more of Spain through the weekend.
- Today’s guidance highlights locally heavy rain in the Canary Islands, with impacts expanding to the west of the peninsula on Friday before reaching wider areas.
- A following intrusion of continental polar air is expected to drive a marked temperature fall, with a chance of snow at progressively lower elevations and a snow line around 800–1100 m later.
- Early on Jan. 1, Reinosa in Cantabria hit −8.7°C, the nation’s second-lowest reading after Cuéllar, as cold conditions persisted across inland areas.
- Galicia’s municipality-level forecasts show very high afternoon and evening rain probabilities—often 90–100%—while Argentina’s SMN reports cooler AMBA conditions and yellow storm alerts across several provinces.