YELLOW WEATHER ALERT FOR MUCH OF SPAIN

THE CAPITAL and the entire coast of Huelva are today on yellow alert for risk of rain between nine in the morning and five in the afternoon, with a probability of between 40% and 70%, according to the prediction of the State Agency of Meteorology (Aemet).

The forecasts collected for the entire day of Wednesday point to the possibility of rain of up to 17 litres per square meter in one hour, a figure that could also occur in the province of Cadiz, within the same Atlantic front that will enter with force in the peninsula.

According to predictions, the minimum temperatures will continue to drop. For the second consecutive day, the thermometers will go down to -6 º in the provinces of Huesca, Gerona and Lérida.

Due to strong wind and waves, Cantabria, Asturias, La Coruña, Lugo, Pontevedra, Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa will be at risk of waves that may exceed five metres.

In the rest of the country, Aemet forecasts strong winds in the west of Galicia, Extremadura and Andalusia.

Snow can be expected tomorrow at 1,200 and 1,600 metres in the north and centre of the country, while in the south it can be expected at an altitude of 1,400 and 1,800 metres.

Daytime temperatures will fall in the Pyrenees, in the centre and in the south of the peninsula, with frost expected in mountainous areas.