AEMET has been forced to publish an urgent statement due to the impact of Hurricane Kirk on Spain

As we reported yesterday, as always according to AEMET projections, Hurricane Kirk will reach the peninsula in the coming days, and although from the beginning it was expected to arrive with much less aggression and strength than at present, it seems That the consequences will be somewhat more serious than expected.

In this sense, and according to what AEMET reported on Sunday, Kirk is currently in the subtropical Atlantic, with maximum winds of 165 km/h, and a movement tendency that will make it enter the peninsula through the northwest .

Thus, it is expected that the storm will continue to weaken during the next few hours, thanks, among other factors, to the fact that the (cold) waters over which it is located make conditions very unfavorable for the storm. Strength and category of the storm. For these reasons, Kirk will become a powerful Atlantic hurricane during the day on Tuesday, producing very strong winds throughout its range of speeds.

With all these conditions, Kirk is expected to enter Spain between Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing a very strong Atlantic storm to the Galician and Cantabrian coast, and it will do so with particularly strong winds over large areas of the country , which will create “local storms”. And widespread rainfall occurred in the north of the country.

Despite everything, AEMET assures that the panorama is certainly unpredictable, which is why they request that possible statements and warnings from the state agency be followed. Thus, south-southwesterly winds are expected to intensify from Tuesday afternoon, “with intermittent and very strong gusts in Galicia.”

Winds will prevail over large areas of the country except areas of the Ebro Valley, with widespread rainfall over much of the peninsula, with less probability in areas of the Far East. Ultimately, the storm is expected to move away by Thursday and rain will stop throughout the day.