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Morocco World
08-04-2025
- Climate
- Morocco World
Storm Olivier to Bring Unstable Weather to Morocco Next Week
Rabat – After weeks of calm skies following heavy rains in March, Morocco is expected to face a new wave of weather changes starting next week due to Storm Olivier. These include hot weather, rain and thunderstorms, and strong winds. According to the General Directorate of Meteorology, a new weather system named Storm Olivier is approaching from the Atlantic Ocean, currently located west of the Canary Islands, SNRT News reported. Although Storm Olivier is not expected to be as intense as Storm Jana, which hit the country earlier in March, it will still have a clear impact on the weather across Morocco. Before the rain begins, Olivier is set to push hot air from the Sahara Desert toward Morocco's southern and central regions. This will lead to higher temperatures in places like Tadla, Rhamna, inland Souss, and the southern provinces. As the storm moves closer to the country, it is set to bring cloudy skies, rain, and possibly scattered thunderstorms. These are expected mainly in the High Atlas Mountains, north and central regions, southeast, and the eastern areas. Some snowfall may still occur over the High and Middle Atlas Mountains. In addition, strong winds are expected in several areas, especially in the southeast, the Atlas Mountains, and the east. These winds could lead to dust storms, particularly in central and southern Morocco. Temperatures are expected to drop in the northern plains, Saiss region, and the Rif Mountains. They will rise along the central Atlantic coast, in the Anti-Atlas, and the far south and southeast. Storm Olivier is expected to begin moving toward Morocco's western Atlantic coast starting Thursday and gradually spread its effects across the north and center of the country. From Friday to Tuesday, weather is expected to remain unstable as the storm pulls in moist tropical air from the south. If this air meets cold air coming from the north at high altitudes, it could cause unstable atmospheric conditions, leading to rain showers or thunderstorms. Authorities in the Canary Islands have activated a regional weather alert due to Storm Olivier, classifying it as a 'high-impact weather system.' According to Spain's State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), the storm is expected to become isolated over the archipelago and intensify rainfall and unstable weather conditions. Tags: Moroccoolivier stormWeather
Local Spain
20-03-2025
- Climate
- Local Spain
Spain's bad weather set to continue with arrival of another storm
The bad weather is set to continue in Spain this week as another new storm arrives in the peninsula and puts more than half the country on alert for strong winds, heavy rain and intense waves, according to Spain's state meteorological agency (Aemet). This follows consecutive storms and weeks of poor weather across the country. The most recent, storm Laurence, left at least two people dead. Spanish weather website El Tiempo notes that this is the fourth storm in Spain in March so far. In just two weeks, Spain has been soaked by Storm Jana, Storm Konrad, Storm Laurence and now Storm Martinho. Arriving this morning, Martinho has already caused weather alerts to be issued in various parts of the country, especially in northern Spain. Martinho will bring 'widespread rain in its path, more abundant in the west, although there may also be scattered rain in the Mediterranean area," said Rubén del Campo, Aemet spokesman. Martinho will also cause 'intense winds, with very strong gusts in coastal areas of the Bay of Biscay, parts of the Andalusian coast and mountainous areas,' he added, explaining that 'gusts of over 100 km/h are possible.' 🌀La borrasca Martinho dejará el jueves rachas de viento muy fuertes. En montañas del norte peninsular podrán superarse los 100 km/h. ☔️También provocará lluvias abundantes en zonas donde ya ha llovido mucho: sistema Central y Andalucía occidental. Atención a crecidas de cauces. — AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) March 19, 2025 Forecasts suggest that the storm will arrive first in the west, from Galicia down to Huelva, and by Friday it will begin to move eastwards, with winds of up to 120km/h in the north of the country. Snow is expected at high altitudes. In total up to 15 regions are under some kind of weather warning, with only Murcia and Valencia currently without any. These include the Canary Islands (wind and rough seas), Andalusia (rain, storms and rough seas), Castile y León (rain, wind) Galicia (wind and rough seas), Extremadura (wind and rain). Aragón, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha, Catalonia, Madrid, Navarre, the Basque Country and La Rioja are all under alert for strong winds. In all cases these are yellow level warnings, the minimum, except for in Asturias, Galicia, the Basque Country and Cantabria, which are orange, the second level of Spain's three-level warning system.
Local Spain
18-03-2025
- Climate
- Local Spain
Spain's fourth storm in 12 days will see widespread rain continue
Storm Laurence is expected to continue bringing widespread rainfall throughout Tuesday March 18th, with heavy rainfall expected in southern and inland Andalusia, central Spain and parts of the Mediterranean (especially Valencia, Castellón and Tarragona). Up to 80 litres per square metre could fall in some areas. Showers are also forecast in the more mountainous Canary Islands. By Wednesday, there will be a small break in the near-constant and widespread precipitation affecting much of the country, although those in Catalonia and the Valencia region shouldn't put away their umbrellas as it is forecast to continue raining there. However, by Thursday la borrasca Laurence will give way to la borrasca Martinho, the fourth storm in 12 days in Spain and thirteenth so far this winter. Storm Martinho will bring yet more heavy rain and strong winds for much of the country, and the bad weather could linger on until Sunday. First it will be the west of the Iberian Peninsula that will be hit by this new storm, from Galicia down to Huelva, and by Friday it will move eastwards, with winds of up to 120km/h in the north of the country. Snow is expected at high altitudes. So in under two weeks in Spain, there's been Storm Jana, Storm Konrad, Storm Laurence and Storm Martinho. Meteorologists follow the alphabetical order when naming storms and, in case you were wondering, they don't give all storms monikers, just those that are of high impact in order for the general public to be more aware of meteorological events. Over the last three weeks, there's been almost continuous rain in many parts of Spain, with this March set to be one of the rainiest on record in the country.
Local Spain
17-03-2025
- Climate
- Local Spain
Why won't it stop raining in Spain?
You've probably noticed that it's been raining pretty much non-stop in Spain over at least the last three weeks. Whether it be the recent Storm Jana, then Storm Konrad hitting much of Spain with rain, strong winds and snow last week, or now Storm Laurence bringing further wet weather to large parts of the country from Monday, it's been an unusually wet (and cold, in places) month so far. In fact, all the data suggests that this March will probably be the wettest on record, and judging by the sheer number of rainy days we've had so far this month, it seems almost certain this will be the case even if it's sunny for the rest of March. The southern region of Andalusia, for example, has now accumulated almost two consecutive weeks of stormy days. Locals in Córdoba have seen 16 consecutive days of non-stop rainfall, and in Madrid the first week of March the capital recorded almost the same amount of rain that it usually accumulates throughout the entire spring. According to data from Spain's state meteorological agency (Aemet), in just eight days Madrid's Retiro observatory collected 100 millimetres of accumulated rainfall, a figure that is close to the average rainfall between March and May in the capital. Ciudad Real has recorded rainfall for 14 consecutive days, the eleventh longest streak of rain since 1920. Aemet spokesman Rubén del Campo told the Spanish press that in just the first nine days of March, in Spain it rained "three times more than normal.' Why won't it stop raining in Spain? Without wanting to get overly meteorological, the rainy conditions are being caused by a high-pressure anticyclone system located in northern Europe, somewhere near the UK, which basically forces storm systems to descend in latitude and head southward towards Spain. 'These are storms that are circulating at lower latitudes than is common at this time of year,' del Campo explains. At high altitude, weather fronts feed the anticyclonic circulation, which causes large movements of warm air northward and cold air towards southwards. Aemet also notes that warmer ocean temperatures can cause rains to be heavier because the warm sea water provides energy, as long as the atmospheric conditions are right, which has likely worsened the wet spell. Fortunately, according to forecasting models, it seems the phenomena should disappear by the beginning of next week.
