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Storm Garoé arrives in Spain: state agency warns of strong winds, heavy rain and snow in these areas
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Storm Garoé arrives in Spain: state agency warns of strong winds, heavy rain and snow in these areas

According to Aemet, the outlook this week is for very unstable weather across almost the whole of the country

María Albert

Madrid

Monday, 20 January 2025, 10:24

The arrival of the storm Garoé in Spain is set to bring a new change in the weather across much of the country. This has been announced by the Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet) a few hours ago, anticipating a few days that will be marked by «abundant rain» on the Spanish mainland, snow in some mountain areas and strong winds. According to experts, it will be the heaviest episode of rain since 2025 began.

The period from 20 to 26 January will be, according to the agency, a very unstable week in most of the country, where the storm will leave strong winds between Monday and Wednesday. In addition to all this, there will also be freezing rain, which could form sheets of ice on roads, which is why Aemet is calling for extreme caution when travelling by car due to the danger this could cause.

Heavy rainfall due to storm Garoé: the worst affected areas in Spain

The Aemet models are already warning that the next few days will be very wet in a large part of Spain due to the arrival of storm Garoé. It is expected that along with this «widespread rainfall in the » there will also be a change in the thermometers: from the sub-zero temperatures of last week we will move to a much milder and milder atmosphere, with rising values.

From this Monday 20 January onwards, the rains will spread from the north-western third of the Spanish mainland to the rest of the Iberian Peninsula. The most affected regions, according to Aemet, will be those on the Atlantic side, especially Andalucía, Extremadura, Castile y Leon and Galicia , where up to 90mm could fall in the next few hours.

In these areas of the southwest quadrant, warned Aemet, we could have precipitation that «occasionally could be heavy and be accompanied by thunderstorms«. «It is likely that between Monday 20 and Wednesday 22 more than 100-150 mm will accumulate in this area, especially on the southern slopes of Sierra Morena and the western Central system,» warn the meteorologists.

Frosts and snowfalls continue in some regions of Spain

Over the next few days, we will leave behind the low temperatures of the last week, with thermometers rising thanks to the arrival of mild and very humid winds driven by storm Garoé. We will say goodbye to the heavy frosts, although we will still be cold in some northeastern regions this Monday.

Frosts will continue to take their toll in Catalonia, Aragon, La Rioja and some parts of Castilla-La Mancha and the Madrid regions. In addition, snowfall above 800 metres will continue in Castilla y León and southern Galicia during Monday morning, according to Aemet. On Tuesday we could also see flakes in the Pyrenees, where precipitation could be heavy.

The thermal situation will change from Wednesday onwards, with slightly milder minimum temperatures across almost the entire mainland, where nighttime temperatures will not drop below 5C in the interior and northern plateau. On the other hand, on the same day, mercury is expected to soar in areas of the southeast and the Mediterranean, where highs will easily exceed 20C.

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