148 liters in the province of Castellón, 81 in Cáceres, 71.2 in Cádiz, 66.4 in Valencia or 63.4 in Segovia’s: it’s raining In Spain. It is raining a lot. AND, according to what the models saywill continue to do so in the next few days (and throughout the month).
The authorities They have launched Several urgent alerts For the danger of floods, They have suspended classes And there is already at least A deceased in a Rambla from the Murcian city of Lorca. It is nothing unusual. On the contrary, it is something that It is repeated every time it rains more than normal.
The difference is that, between chaos and tragedy, the rains have already left us good news.
And the best example is Malaga. The Malaga reservoirs are at 30.4% of their capacity, about 14.52 cubic hectometers than a week ago. The data sound good, they are positive: but if we put them in context, they are fantastic. As José Antonio Sau explaineda year ago “the seven swamp of Malaga had reserves of 97.97 cubic hectometers.”
They are now in 185.84. That is, the water reservoir in the Andalusian province has suffered an increase of 89.69% compared to last year. And, to all this, we have to take into account that much of the water that has fallen has not yet reached the swamps.
It is true that The vineyuela (The key reservoir for agricultural production in the province) is 21.95%, but last year was 7.88% of its capacity.
Not everywhere … Something similar could be said from Barcelona: Sau’s swamp has also folded reservoir water (from 2.42 to 5.45%), but the situation there is much more complex because The Ter-llobregat system is exhausted. The change is positive, but everything seems to indicate that except miracle of last minute Catalonia will enter alert for drought in the coming weeks.
Almería, for example, is more or less in the same situation as last year (8.48 vs 8.93%) and, unlike Murcia, is not receiving much water in recent days.
… But March can be key. As we said yesterdaya powerful blocking anticyclone between Greenland, the Baltic Peninsula and the British Isles is being formed. That is, just where Atlantic storms loaded with water usually pass. This is the great meteorological news of the moment because, if everything is going well, it will make Atlantic storms go down and expose us to “wet and soft flows.”
The Latest models outputs They reinforce that idea.
We face spring and summer with many uncertainties (climatic uncertainties that add to all others). Nevertheless, March promises to bring peace of mind. For now (although unevenly) it is fulfilling.
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