Overview
- AEMET’s advisory calls for locally heavy rain in the Canary Islands on Jan. 1, abundant rain in western Iberia on Jan. 2, then a countrywide spread over the weekend.
- A polar continental intrusion tied to the system is forecast to drop temperatures sharply and could lower snow levels, with low-elevation snowfall still uncertain.
- Reinosa in Cantabria started the year at −8.7°C, the second-lowest reading in Spain this morning based on AEMET data.
- In Madrid, AEMET expects widespread weak frosts, subzero minima and skies turning overcast by nightfall on New Year’s Day.
- Regional outlooks show high afternoon and evening rain probabilities across parts of Galicia today and a drop in snow level to about 800–1,100 meters in the Valencian interior around Jan. 4.