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  1. Just being curious Wob. is a Wobbuffet some sort of Croation furry marsupial?

    I think Wobbuffet is a Pokemon, I mean, is a creature created by Nintendo.

    Click in the photo to see properly the fires.

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    Fires burning in southeastern Georgia and eastern North Carolina caught the eye of NASA's Aqua satellite on May 9 at 18:35 UTC (2:35 p.m. EDT). The image was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Aqua satellite as it passed overhead on that same day. In the image, the fire areas are outlined in red.

    A long plume of smoke (top of the image) from the Pains Bay fire in Dare County, NC extends south-southwest over the Atlantic Ocean. According to Inciweb, the fire was likely caused by lightning strikes in the wetlands located on the south side of U.S. Highway 264 just south of Stumpy Point, N.C. That would place the fire between Pains and Parched Corn Bays. The fire had grown to encompass over 15,000 acres by late on May 7 and crossed into the Dare County Range. The Pains Bay Fire is now a multi-jurisdictional fire, managed jointly by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the N.C. Forest Service.

    Farther south, the Honey Prairie fire (bottom of image) continues to rage in the Okefenokee Swamp, southeastern Georgia. Thick smoke and ash continued to affect several counties in southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida. Winds on May 9 when this image was captured had shifted to the southeast, blowing the thick smoke into northeastern Florida, including Jacksonville. According to Inciweb, the fire was burning in an inaccessible portion of the Okefenokee Swamp.

    On May 9, Jacksonville.com news reported that the fire had already burned almost 72,000 acres and was less than 1.5 miles from Florida. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS) Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge web page reported that water levels in the Okefenokee Swamp are lower now than they were prior to the fires in 2007. As swamps dry out, normally submerged vegetation, organic debris and, in some area, soils rich in peat become exposed to air and become tinder-dry. This process increases the fuel load, which not only allows wildfires to ignite more easily, but also can make fire control more difficult.

    http://modis.gsfc.na...date=2011-05-12

  2. Is not about weather but today we've had a earthquake in Lorca (Murcia), just 40km from my own city :shok:. 5,2 degrees in Richteer Scale. Until now seven people were found dead :(.

    http://www.bild.de/news/ausland/erdbeben/mehrere-tote-bei-erdbeben-in-spanien-17854472.bild.html

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/11/three-reported-dead-spanish-earthquake

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    Please, see this video.

    http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/05/11/espana/1305139027.html

  3. You know, Madrid is suffering at the moment a huge storm with hail and lightning every 2-3 second :drinks:. If you want to follow the discussion of the Madrid area go here (sorry, is translated into english from spanish by google traductor ).

    Some photos from that storm.

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    Today has been a very stormy day in Spain, just look at these images, at the moment:

    Radar:

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    Lightning:

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  4. Yes things aren't looking that rosy at the moment. That's some MLCAPE forecast. The Madrid midday sounding isn't close although has a reasonable SBCAPE and is an interesting sounding. Some would say let's swop.

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    You know, Madrid is suffering at the moment a huge storm with hail and lightning every 2-3 second :drinks:. If you want to follow the discussion of the Madrid area go here (sorry, is translated into english from spanish by google traductor ).

    Look at the radar:

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  5. This week is expected that the weather will be rainy and stormy in the whole iberian peninsula. The GFS diagramme from Murcia.

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    From Estofex:

    The focus for today's convective activity will be the persisting upper low located near the western Iberia. At surface, a cyclone with a well-defined front will be pushed further east towards the peninsula. A plume of EML will be rather quickly advecting NNE-wards into SW Europe, creating an unstable environment.

    The rest of Europe will remain warm and stable, with only sparks of low convective weather probabilities over west-central Alps and SW-ern Turkey.

    Beneath the strong EML, characterized by steep mid-level lapse rates, additional moistening will be on going across Iberia. This will result in moderate instability, yielding MLCAPEs in excess of 1000 J/kg locally. Storms will likely initiate along the local prefrontal convergence lines as well as near the front later. In moderately sheared environment (15-20 m/s of deep layer shear) and favorable veering profiles (100-200 m^2/s^2 of SREH3), storms will gain organization in multicells and possibly also into a supercell or two. Those will pose a threat for large hail and locally some strong winds given the dry mid levels. Expect storms to last well into the early night near the surface front in SW Iberia. Intense rain might become a threat if cells could persist over the same areas for longer time.

    18ºC here at the moment. Enjoy the warm weather there in the rest of Europe. http://nwstatic.co.uk/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif

  6. im going to just north of Malaga

    Ahh, I don't think it will be so warm as today, temperatures about 25ºC. Enjoy it, in april that is warmer than usual.

    One thing, the temperature here, at the moment, is 37,2ºC. The previous record record was 32,5ºC. :help::help::help:

    I can't get out my house, it absolutelly unbearable, the extremely hot air and the sun burns my skin. It's the highest temperature in Europe today.

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    Bye, I'm going to take a cold shower, I cannot stand it :(.

  7. Hi everyone im going to spain next week any ideas on what the weather will be like? thanks :)

    It won't be so warm as this week, but it depends of the place, ¿where're you going?

    Today's maximums:

    Important cities:

    - Badajoz (Extremadura): 33,5ºC

    - Girona (Cataluña): 33ºC ---New Record---

    - Granada (Andalucía): 32ºC

    - La Coruña (Galicia): 31,6ºC

    - Bilbao (Euskadi): 31,2ºC

    - Córdoba (Andalucía): 31ºC

    - Lleida (Cataluña): 30,8ºC

    - Murcia (Región de Murcia): 30,7ºC In my own weather station 30,3ºC.

    - Logroño: 30,6ºC

    - Vitoria (Euskadi): 30,4ºC ---New Record---

    - Segovia (Castilla y León): 28,4ºC ---New Record---

    - Navacerrada (Comunidad de Madrid): 22,2ºC (1800 meters altitude) ---New Record---

    Other places:

    - Sumacàrcer (Comunidad Valenciana): 34,8ºC

    - Xátiva (Comunidad Valenciana): 34,6ºC

    - Anna (Comunidad Valenciana): 33,7ºC

    - Talavera de la reina (Extremadura): 32,6ºC

    Aemet, the spanish weather agency, has activated the yellow alert in my city and the south of Valencia because it could be reached the 36ºC :shok:.

    Actually the record in my city is 32,5ºC, so tomorrow we will have another one.

    A photo from Galicia, the desert dust is also disappearing there.

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    Bye http://nwstatic.co.uk/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif.

  8. Thanks for the link mate :)

    Your welcome http://nwstatic.co.uk/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif.

    Today's maximums:

    Important cities:

    - Córdoba (Andalucía): 31,7ºC

    - Badajoz (Extremadura): 31,2ºC

    - Bilbao (Euskadi): 30,4ºC

    - Granada (Andalucía): 30,2ºC

    - La Coruña (Galicia): 29,4ºC

    - Murcia (Región de Murcia): 26,2ºC Tomorrow is expected here almost 30ºC and saturday 34ºC

    Other places:

    - Tomares - Seville (Andalucía): 33,4ºC

    - Noia - A Coruña (Galicia): 33ºC

    - Ciudad Jardín - Córdoba (Andalucía): 33,7ºC

    The desert dust is leaving Murcia, however in the west of Iberia is increasing. I left here an article and some photos and animations that I found interesting:

    The article:

    A thick plume of dust hangs over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal in this image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite on April 6, 2011.

    The dust blew in from the Sahara desert in North Africa, picked up by the strong winds associated with a low-pressure system. The tell-tale circular cloud pattern of the low-pressure system was visible in an Aqua MODIS image from the previous day. The low-pressure system channeled the dust west and then north, resulting in the plume off Portugal. The animation (link above) from the GEOS-5 model at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center shows the evolution of the dust plume between April 4 and April 9. Based on forecast weather conditions, the model predicted patterns that are similar to those shown in the MODIS image.

    Airborne dust plays many roles in large-scale Earth processes. Dust is one of the most abundant aerosol particles in the atmosphere, and a natural seed for cloud formation. Dust particles and the clouds they generate can reflect energy from the Sun back into space, effectively shading Earth’s surface and cooling its temperature.

    Dust also carries minerals, particularly iron, that help fertilize the Earth’s oceans. In iron-poor waters, dust provides essential nutrients for phytoplankton, tiny plants and plant-like organisms growing in the sunlit surface waters. In fact, a phytoplankton bloom colors the Atlantic beneath the dust in this image, though there is not necessarily a connection between the dust storm and this particular bloom.

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    Animations and photos:

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    A sunset in Madrid today (is not mine):

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    Good night :lazy:.

  9. Good night.

    Today's maximums:

    Important cities:

    - Bilbao (Euskadi): 33ºC (could be a new record, but I don't know actually, it must be checked)

    - Oviedo (Asturias): 31,5ºC ---New Record---

    - Ourense (Galicia): 31,6ºC

    - Seville (Andalucía): 30,2ºC

    - Córdoba (Andalucía): 29,6ºC

    Not so important cities:

    - Panes (Asturias): 33,6ºC

    - Goian (Galicia): 32,5ºC

    - Castañeda (Cantabria): 32,4ºC

    It has been registered another record in an important city , this time in the south, in Almería, one of the driest and warmest cities in Europe. It has been registered the first april "tropical minimum" (above 20ºC) with 21,3ºC, the previous record was 18,3ºC. Another "town" called Adra registered a minimum of 26,3ºC :shok: (how can anybody sleep with that, I don't get that minimum temperature here even in the hottest summer) but it still has to be checked. Those places are near from my city (200km more or less)and however I registered a minimum of 8,9ºC. In some places of Galicia has been registered also "tropical minimum": Punta Candeira 22,6ºC, Corrubedo 22,9ºC and Vigo 20,8ºC.

    Bye.

  10. Im going on holiday to Benidorm on saturday for 2 weeks and i was very surprised when I checked the nearest forecast of Alicante goes from 26c on friday to a barmy 36c on saturday ! :yahoo:

    I think in Benidorm won't be so warm because it's in the coast, see this. If you want so swim there the seawater will be arond 15-16ºC, it's still fresh.

    Today has been even warmer that yesterday, the maximum temperatures has risen easily above 30ºC. Some places in Asturias have reached 34ºC, in Euskadi and Cantabria 31ºC, in Galicia 30ºC...

    I'll write the whole list tonight.

    The maximum in my city was 24ºC and we have now the strange sky in white because of the desert dust. Here some photos in my house (it doesn't seems so, but the sun shines).

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    A comparison of a normal day:

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    Today in Iberia:

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  11. Today's maximum temperatures:

    - Pontevedra (Galicia): 29,4ºC

    - Ourense (Galicia): 28,8ºC

    - Guitiriz (Galicia): 26,8ºC (the minimum was 0,4ºC)

    - Badajoz (Extremadura): 28,9ºC

    - Murcia (Región de Murcia): 22,7ºC http://nwstatic.co.uk/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif

    The desert dust is invading Iberia. We had it here last weekend, the sky was in a strange white.

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    Bye http://nwstatic.co.uk/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif.

  12. Hi, I open this topic to report about the weather in the whole Spain, not only the south.

    This last weekend has been very hot in Spain. In Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Euskadi, Andalucía and Extremadura has been reported temperatures about 30ºC, some of them are records for April (on first April :shok:). Some of them:

    In the north:

    - A Coruña (Galicia): 30,4ºC ----New Record--- The previous record was 29,6ºC

    - Oviedo (Asturias): 29,6ºC ----New Record--- " " 28,3ºC

    - Santander (Cantabria): 30,6ºC ----New Record--- " " 29,4ºC

    - Bilbao (Euskadi): 30,9ºC

    In the south. The maximum temperature but the record was still far, about 35ºC.

    - Sevilla (Andalucía): 30,7ºC

    - Badajoz (Extremadura) 30ºC

    In my city, Murcia, that actually owns the national record with 47ºC, only got the last saturday 28ºC because of the wind from the east.

    For the next weekend is expected that the temperature will increase again. I think even hotter, some places could get 35ºC degrees. Some pics about the forecast.

    Temperature at 850 hPa in Galicia, like in summer.

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    My own city..

    Seville

    See you next weekend.

  13. I haven't got nice photos but I have found and article that states a snowfall of 1 meter the Christmas of 1926 in my city , almost sea level. That is unthinkable in these winters.

    The article:

    LA GRAN NEVADA DE 1926 EN LA FACHADA MEDITERRÃNEA PENINSULAR

    La nevada de los días 25, 26 y 27 de diciembre de 1926 en muchos puntos del levante español la podemos considerar como uno de los fenómenos meteorológicos más recordados del siglo XX, y no faltan motivos para ello. Según las referencias periodísticas, la nieve cayó con una intensidad poco habitual en numerosas localidades del este y sur de España, incluso en ciudades y pueblos costeros como Cartagena, Almería, Málaga, Torrevieja, Alicante o Sanlúcar de Barrameda, nada acostumbrados a este fenómeno meteorológico. En áreas interiores más elevadas del Levante español, donde este meteoro es algo más común, como la denominada Montaña de Alicante, la nevada alcanzó un volumen inusitado y tuvo unas repercusiones importantes para la vida cotidiana. La nevada precipitó en puntos de la península más habituados a este tipo de temporales de frío y nieve, como la meseta o la fachada cantábrica, pero curiosamente en esta ocasión la nieve no alcanzó los niveles de las regiones del litoral mediterráneo. En estas últimas se registraron consecuencias catastróficas en muchas localidades. A la presencia de un fuerte temporal de levante acompañado de lluvias de elevada intensidad horaria, rasgos propios del clima mediterráneo peninsular, se unió durante estas fechas el hecho de que dichas precipitaciones se produjeran en forma de nieve.

    Desde el día 23 de diciembre una expansión de aire polar continental sitúa una vaguada de evolución retrógrada sobre el Mediterráneo Occidental y Península Ibérica, con depresión fría en su seno que se ubica sobre el sudoeste peninsular los días 24 a 27 de diciembre. Por encima de esta vaguada la circulación atmosférica coloca una dorsal anticiclónica que señorea el espacio sinóptico europeo, cuyo núcleo –1.040 mb- se sitúa sobre las Islas Británicas a lo largo de dichas jornadas. Precipitaciones de agua y nieve y bajas temperaturas nocturnas son generales, los días 26 y 27, en toda España. El Boletín meteorológico del día 27 de diciembre anuncia que “la península Ibérica y el Mediterráneo occidental se hallan bajo el efecto de una perturbación atmosférica que produce nevadas en Españaâ€. La entrada de vientos de levante es constante en toda la fachada mediterránea española, hecho que fue reflejado con profusión por la prensa.

    Aunque se menciona reiteradamente el dato de que la nevada fue general en toda la península ibérica y especialmente en toda la vertiente mediterránea, ésta fue especialmente intensa, según la prensa, en el sudeste, especialmente en las provincias de Alicante, Murcia y Almería. Descuellan las cifras alcanzadas en las ciudades de Alcoy y Murcia –más de un metro de espesor y 2,10 en algunas de las sierras cercanas al municipio alicantino- acumuladas en 36 horas. Son significativos por lo inusual del fenómeno los espesores alcanzados en Alicante (25 cm.), Orihuela (40 cm.) y Sax (50 cm.). No se dan cifras precisas pero la prensa de la época cita la presencia de abundante nieve en calles y campos en Játiva, Onteniente, Villena, Caudete, Torrevieja o Elche. En otros puntos del litoral valenciano (Valencia, Castellón, Burriana, Alboraya o Peñíscola) y del archipiélago balear se habla más de la intensidad de la lluvia y de la violencia del temporal de viento, aunque no faltan referencias a la abundante nieve en poblaciones del interior levantino, destacando los 50 cm. de espesor alcanzados en el municipio castellonense de Benasal. Como datos de temperatura extremos se pueden mencionar los –7ºC de Alcoy o el grado bajo cero de Valencia. En Barcelona se registra una mínima de 2ºC y se destacan chubascos especialmente intensos de lluvia y nieve en Tarragona y Gerona. En la mañana del día 27 de diciembre Unión Radio Madrid transmite la noticia del fuerte temporal en toda la península, aunque se mencionan pocos datos precisos referidos a espesores, del intenso frío padecido en la capital de España (-9ºC), y se señala que la nevada se prolonga ya dos días en Segovia donde se registran temperaturas de –13ºC; asimismo se indica el dato ciertamente espectacular de que la nevada se prolonga ya dos días en Sanlúcar de Barrameda, alertando del espesor alcanzado que llega a hundir varias buhardillas. Este es el punto más meridional de la Península Ibérica donde hay referencias de la abundante nieve, dato por lo demás enteramente creíble si lo contrastamos con las temperaturas registradas en Huelva (-1ºC) y en Algeciras (1ºC). En el Cantábrico Oriental los espesores de nieve en San Sebastián y Bilbao oscilan entre los 30 y los 40 cm., altura destacable en estos municipios litorales. En Vitoria, localidad más acostumbrada al fenómeno, las acumulaciones de nieve son similares, de ahí que no se considerase una gran nevada. Las temperaturas registradas en las capitales vascas oscilaron entre los –7ºC de San Sebastián y los –3ºC de Vitoria. Otras temperaturas mínimas destacables a nivel peninsular son los –14ºC de Ãvila o los –9ºC de Logroño, o el 1ºC de Santiago de Compostela o Almería.

    A consecuencia de la abundante nieve caída las comunicaciones del área mediterránea, resultaron muy afectadas, tanto por mar, a causa del temporal de levante que destruyó gran cantidad de instalaciones portuarias y embarcaciones, como por tierra, a causa del enorme espesor de nieve. Se interrumpieron las comunicaciones con la meseta y quedaron aislados numerosos pueblos interiores durante varios días. Las noticias sobre descarrilamientos de trenes, el bloqueo de las carreteras, la interrupción de los servicios postales, telegráficos, telefónicos y eléctricos a causa del temporal de nieve son abundantes en la prensa de esos días. La “gran nevada†provocó problemas de abastecimiento que dispararon los precios de alimentos de primera necesidad en algunos puntos especialmente afectados por la incomunicación como Alcoy o Murcia. El frío, la nieve y las inundaciones ocasionaron también graves problemas en campos de cultivo, especialmente en áreas litorales. No podemos dejar de citar las repercusiones especialmente graves en viviendas e instalaciones industriales en aquellos puntos donde los espesores de nieve se acercaron o sobrepasaron el metro de espesor. En Murcia la cantidad de nieve acumulada provocó el hundimiento de las techumbres de numerosas viviendas, con lo que mucha gente se quedó sin cobijo. La ciudad de Alcoy y los pueblos de su comarca sufrieron una gran ruina económica a causa de la destrucción de muchas industrias, ampliamente reflejada por la prensa local. Aunque la valoración económica de los daños producidos por el temporal en las regiones más afectadas es difícil de realizar, sobre todo en esta época, puede resultar indicativa a guisa de aproximación la siguiente referencia aparecida en La Gaceta de Levante, Diario Independiente de Alcoy, el 26 de enero de 1927: “Con destino a los damnificados por los últimos temporales se han distribuido las cantidades siguientes: Gobernador Civil de Murcia, 25.000 pesetas, Id de Alicante, 15.000, Id de Valencia 10.000...El total general de las cantidades distribuidas por todos conceptos, asciende a 700.750 pesetas.â€

    La nevada de las navidades de 1926 es, junto a los sucesos de febrero de 1956, navidad de 1970 y enero de 1985, uno de los episodios de frío más importantes entre los padecidos en tierras ibéricas a lo largo del siglo XX.

    Translation (from google):

    THE GREAT SNOWFALL OF 1926 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA

    The snowfall of 25, 26 and December 27, 1926 in many parts of the Spanish east we can consider as one of the most memorable weather events of the twentieth century, and not with good reason. According to journalistic references, snow fell with an intensity rare in many localities in eastern and southern Spain, even in coastal towns and cities such as Cartagena, Almeria, Malaga, Torrevieja, Alicante or Sanlucar de Barrameda, nothing used to this weather phenomenon . Higher inland areas of the Spanish Levant, where the meteor is more common, as the so-called Mountain of Alicante, the snowfall reached an unprecedented volume and had a significant impact on everyday life. The snow rushed in parts of the peninsula used to this type of temporary cold and snow, as the plateau or wall Cantabrian, but surprisingly this time the snow did not reach the levels of the Mediterranean coastal regions. The latter were recorded catastrophic consequences in many localities. In the presence of a strong easterly storm accompanied by high intensity rainfall time, distinct Mediterranean climate of the peninsula, joined during this time that such precipitation occur as snow.

    Since December 23, an expansion of continental polar air lies a trough of retrograde evolution of the Western Mediterranean and Iberian Peninsula, cold low within it that is located on the southwest peninsula from 24 to 27 December. Above this trough atmospheric circulation places a anticyclonic ridge that dominates the European space summary, the core 1040 mb, is located on the British Isles along those days. Precipitation of rain and snow and low temperatures at night are generally 26 to 27, in Spain. Weather Bulletin of December 27 announced that "the Iberian Peninsula and the western Mediterranean are under the effect of an atmospheric disturbance that produces snowfall in Spain." Input is constant easterly winds throughout the Spanish Mediterranean coast, a fact which was reflected in profusion in the press.

    Although it is mentioned repeatedly by the fact that the snow was general all over the Iberian Peninsula and especially throughout the Mediterranean area, it was particularly intense, according to the press, in the southeast, especially in the provinces of Alicante, Murcia and Almeria. Excel the figures achieved in the towns of Alcoy and Murcia, more than a meter thick and 2.10 in some of the hills near the town the "accumulated in 36 hours. Are significant for the unusual phenomenon of thicknesses achieved in Alicante (25 cm.) Orihuela (40 cm.) And Sax (50 cm.). Not give precise figures but the press at the time cited the presence of abundant snow in streets and fields in Xativa, Ontinyent, Villena, Caudete, Torrevieja and Elche. In other parts of the coast of Valencia (Valencia, Castellón, Burriana, Alboraya or Peñíscola) and the Balearic Islands is more talk about the intensity of the rain and wind storm of violence, although there are references to the abundant snow in populations Levantine interior, highlighting the 50 cm. thickness achieved in the Castellon town Benasal. As extreme temperature data can be mentioned Alcoy -7 º C or below zero degree of Valencia. In Barcelona there is a minimum of 2 º C and highlights particularly intense rain showers and snow in Tarragona and Gerona. On the morning of December 27, Union Radio Madrid spread the news of the heavy storm on the peninsula, although they are few accurate data related to thickness, the intense cold experienced in the capital of Spain (-9 º C), and notes that the snow has already lasted two days in Segovia where temperatures of -13 º C, also shows the data truly spectacular snow that lasts for two days in Sanlucar de Barrameda, alerting the thickness reached that comes to sink several dormers. This is the southernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula where there are references to the abundant snow, otherwise data entirely plausible if we contrast it with the temperatures in Huelva (-1 º C) and Algeciras (1 º C). In Eastern Cantabria thickness of snow in San Sebastian and Bilbao between 30 and 40 cm., Height remarkable in these coastal municipalities. In Vitoria, a town more accustomed to the phenomenon, accumulations of snow are similar, hence not considered a big snowfall. The temperatures recorded in the Basque capital ranged between -7 º C of San Sebastian and Vitoria -3 ° C. Other notable minimum temperatures are at Peninsula de Avila -14 º C or -9 ° C Logroño, or 1 º C of Santiago de Compostela or Almeria.

    As a result of abundant snowfall communications in the Mediterranean area, were hard hit, both by sea, because of the easterly storm which destroyed a large number of port facilities and vessels, and by land, because of the enormous depth of snow. Communications were interrupted with the plateau and cut off many people indoors for several days. News of train wrecks, blocking roads, the interruption of postal, telegraph, telephone and electric because of the snowstorm are abundant in the press of those days. The "big snow" supply problems caused prices soared staple food in some areas particularly affected by the confinement as Alcoy and Murcia. The cold, snow and flooding also caused serious problems in crop fields, especially in coastal areas. We can not fail to mention the particularly severe impact on housing and industrial facilities in those places where snow depths are approached or exceeded a meter thick. In Murcia the amount of snow caused the collapse of the roofs of many houses, so many people were left without shelter. The city of Alcoy and the people of his region suffered a great financial ruin because of the destruction of many industries, largely reflected in the local press. Although the economic valuation of damage from the storm in the worst affected regions is difficult to make, especially at this time may be indicative approach by way of reference the following appeared in La Gaceta de Levante, Alcoy Independent Journal, the January 26, 1927, "Dispatched to the victims of recent storms have distributed the following quantities: Civil Governor of Murcia, 25.000 pesetas, ID Alicante, 15000, 10000 Valencia ID ... The grand total amounts distributed in every respect, amounts to 700,750 pesetas.

    The snow of Christmas 1926, along with the events of February 1956 Christmas 1970 and January 1985, one of the major cold episodes between the Iberian lands endured throughout the twentieth century.

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  14. I see at midday you have low pressure to the west with a couple of associated fronts edging their way across.

    Yes, those fronts left just 7mm here.

    The resume of december:

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    Now it's very mild, about 17-18ºC. The minimum temperature was 4,6ºC.

    17,5ºC

    44% HR

    1016,6 hPa

    Forecast for 14 days. It will be dry, of course, and unfortunately warm but at the end of the table it will became colder, I hope it doesn't change.

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  15. Good afternoon.

    Values since 28dec:

    Dec28(clear):

    Max: 15,9ºC

    Min: 0,3ºC

    Dec29 (cloudy):

    Max: 14,3ºC

    Min: 2,5ºC

    Dec30 (the whole night foggy and now is clear):

    Max: 14,6ºC (now)

    Min: 8,5ºC (I suposse it will be colder tonight so this temperature is provisional)

    Now is clear:

    14,6ºC

    65% RH

    1013 hPa

    Tomorrow is expected to rain a bit.

    Bye.

  16. Good night.

    In my absence the weather was fine and cold, the minimum temperatures were below zero the last two night.

    Dec25:

    Max: 13ºC

    Min: 7ºC

    Dec26:

    Max: 12ºC

    Min:-0,5ºC

    Dec27:

    Max: 15ºC

    Min: -2,5ºC

    Now it's mild.

    8,9ºC

    75% RH

    1018,9 hPa

    In the next days the weather will be warmer, without frost.

    Bye.

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