Storm Claudia: Aemet issues amber and yellow warnings for heavy rainfall and strong winds throughout southern Spain

Andalucía in southern Spain is once again expected to see heavy rain in the coming days, with yellow and amber warnings already activated for this Thursday in most of the region, where only Jaén and Malaga provinces are not on alert. The amber warning for rain is in the Costa, Andévalo and Condado areas of Huelva province, from 12 noon until midnight, where accumulated rainfall of up to 30mm in one hour is expected.

Aemet, the Spanish state weather agency, has also maintained a yellow warning in Huelva and Seville provinces, as well as Cordoba and Cadiz. A yellow warning is also in effect for winds of 70 km/h or more in Cadiz. Cordoba. Huelva. Seville. And for coastal phenomena along the coasts of Granada, Almeria, the Strait of Gibraltar, Cadiz.

Specifically, in Aracena up to 70mm are expected in twelve hours, while on the coast of Huelva and the Andévalo and Condado areas up to 40mm accumulated in the same period are expected. Sierra Norte in Seville could see up to 70mm of rain in 12 hours, and Seville’s countryside can expect up to 40mm.

The wind will also hit hard this Thursday with a risk warning in force for very strong gusts of up to 70 kilometres per hour in Huelva, affecting the coast, Aracena and the Andévalo and Condado areas; in Seville, in the Sierra Norte and Campiña; in the Sierra and Pedroches, in Cordoba. Cadiz’s coast will also be affected.

For this Thursday, the Aemet has forecast that cloudy to overcast skies are expected in the western half of the Andalucía, with weak to moderate rainfall, more intense from the afternoon in the western third where they are expected to be “locally strong, persistent and accompanied by storms”. Aemet forecasts that the western third of Andalucia will experience a cloudy sky with periods of medium to high clouds. These intervals are expected to become more intense in the afternoon, and be accompanied by storms.

On the Mediterranean and Atlantic sides, maximum temperatures will remain unchanged. Minimum temperatures will also be unchanged. The winds will be moderate and southerly, with strong intervals along the Atlantic coast, moderate easterly wind on the eastern Mediterranean coastline, and light and moderate variable in the remainder.