Siberian front brings snow, torrential rain and gales
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 @ 12:07 AM
'STORM Emma' is about to hit Spain – a cold front bringing torrential rain together with snow at low altitudes across practically the whole of the country.
Already, emergency services and gritter-lorries are on standby on four motorways in Castilla y León over probably snowfall – the AP6 between Villalba and Adanero and the AP-61 between San Rafael and Segovia, both in the province of Segovia; the AP-51 between Villacastín and Ávila (Ávila province) and the AP-71 from León to Astorga (León province), all toll routes, currently have seven 'winter traffic bases' set up with 43 snow-ploughs and 200 maintenance and rescue workers ready to act.
Following reports at the weekend of exceptionally-low night temperatures throughout the country, weather warnings ranging from yellow to orange have been issued for 22 provinces for tomorrow (Tuesday).
Snow at low altitudes throughout the mainland, and at sea-level in parts of the north, is the result of a warm and humid mass of Atlantic air coming in from the south-east and a freezing front drifting over from Siberia towards the north-east of Spain.
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