The storm ‘Barra’ keeps nine communities on alert for snow

The passage of the storm ‘Barra’ through the Iberian Peninsula keeps this Thursday on alert to 12 autonomous communities, 9 of them at orange level and the majority due to snowfall, rough seas, wind and rain that can lead to snowmelt and avalanches in mountain areas. Catalonia has an orange alert due to snowfalls up to 20 centimeters thick above 700 meters in the Vall d’Aran, but there are also yellow warnings for strong wind on the Tarragona coast, rains in the Pyrenees with the risk of avalanches and waves of 7 meters on the coast of Girona.

As reported by the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) on its website, during the day today they are on orange alert (important risk) Aragon, Asturias, Balearic Islands, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Catalunya, Galicia, Navarra and the Basque Country, and there is a yellow warning (risk) in the communities of Madrid, Valencia and in the Canary archipelago.

In Aragon the orange alert is for snowfalls up to 20 centimeters thick above 500 meters in the Huesca Pyrenees and lighter in the province of Zaragoza and there is also a yellow warning in this community for wind of up to 80 kilometers per hour in Teruel and rainfall of 40 liters per square meter in the Pyrenees, with risk de-icing and avalanches.

Asturias is on orange alert due to bad seas and waves of up to 8 meters and it also has a yellow warning for rains of up to 40 liters per square meter and wind of 90 kilometers per hour in Picos de Europa.

In the Balearic Islands there is an orange alert by waves of up to 8 meters in Mallorca and yellow by gusts of wind in the archipelago of up to 80 kilometers per hour, while in Cantabria the orange alert is for strong waves, and the yellow one for rain of up to 40 liters per square meter and strong wind.

Castilla y León has activated the orange alert due to a significant risk of thawing in the mountain ranges of Palencia, León and Burgos, where there is also a yellow warning for snowfall, rainfall of 40 liters per square meter in 12 hours and intense wind that can reach 80 kilometers per hour in much of that community.

In Galicia there is an orange alert for rough seas and waves of between 5 and 8 meters along the entire coastline; The Community of Madrid is on yellow alert for snowfalls 6 centimeters thick above 1,300 meters and gusts of wind of 80 kilometers per hour and in the Valencian Community the yellow alert is for coastal phenomena on the coast of Alicante and strong winds in all provinces.

Navarra has activated the orange alert for rainfall of up to 80 liters per square meter in 12 hours and yellow due to strong wind, snowfall 10 centimeters thick above 600 meters of altitude, thaw and risk of avalanches in the Pyrenees.

The Basque Country is on an orange alert for rain that can reach 80 liters per square meter in the province of Guipúzcoa, combined sea and 8-meter waves on the coast, all accompanied by wind of up to 90 kilometers per hour.

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Canary Islands is on yellow alert on all its islands due to strong winds of up to 70 kilometers per hour and combined sea that can give rise to waves of 4 to 5 meters in the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.

The Aemet warns that with the orange alert there is a significant meteorological risk, with some degree of danger to usual activities, and with the yellow there is no meteorological risk for the general population, although there is for some specific activity.