Rain and falling temperatures in the north mark the European elections

Widespread rain and a drop in temperatures across the north mark election day this Sunday, with locally heavy showers and thunderstorms expected in the early hours in the north-east of the peninsula, but cannot be ruled out in the north-east. Catalonia and west of the central system and Cantabrian in the afternoon.

According to the forecasts of the State Meteorological Agency (Emet), there are a total of six autonomous communities Yellow risk due to rain and storms: Castilla y Leon, Catalonia, Navarra, Basque Country, La Rioja and Aragon

There will also be an orange warning for rain later.

This Sunday there will be a decrease in temperatures in general and especially in the northeastern third of the peninsula, with an increase in temperatures on the coasts. Valencian Community and from the west of Galicia. only 34 degrees will be crossed in the lower depressions Jucar and from the bass Safe,

It is expected that election day will be marked with a predominance of instability in the peninsula cloudy or overcast skiesAlthough with a tendency to become clearer throughout the day.

In particular, rainfall is expected to accompany the storm in the northern half, being more intense in the northeastern quadrant where it is likely to strengthen locally, especially in the eastern end of the Cantabrian Sea where it could also be persistent. In contrast, it is unlikely that they will affect Galicia.

The precipitation will taper off throughout the morning from west to east, except in the northeast of Catalonia, where more intense, even locally stronger, rainfall is expected in the afternoon, and in the Cantabrian Sea where it will continue, although weakly, with rainfall ceasing throughout the morning. No precipitation is expected in the southern part of the peninsula, except for some weak and occasional showers in areas of the southwest and southeast mountain ranges.

A new disturbance will enter from the west at the end of the day, bringing rainfall to the central western Peninsula and western Castilla y Leon, but the possibility of some locally strong rainfall to the west of the central system and in the Cantabrian Sea is not ruled out.

In Balearic The sky will be partly cloudy, with increasing clouds leading to occasional rain Canary Islandspossibility of some weak showers or occasional rains on the gaps between the clouds and on the islands with more relief. Possible haze in the northeast of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with a tendency to retreat.

Winds from the north and east will prevail in the northwestern quadrant of the peninsula and the Canary Islands, and components from the west and north will prevail in the rest. Strong gusts are expected on the coasts of Alborán, Estrecho, Ampurdán, western Galicia and the middle and lower Ebro.