Spain swaps 44C heat for storms as a DANA moves in

According to Infobae, Spain is heading for an "important change of weather": after a day of extreme heat, the AEMET national weather agency expects rain, storms with hail and a sudden drop in temperatures, and by August 20 the same outlet reports that a DANA (an isolated pool of cold air at high altitude) is already pulling temperatures down and dropping hail in several regions. That pivot, from scorching to stormy in a matter of hours, is a big part of why "clima" is trending across the country right now.

OkDiario zooms in on Aragon and Zaragoza to show what that looks like on the ground. It reports an AEMET forecast for Zaragoza of a low near 21C and a high around 35C, with Calatayud between 18C and 35C and Tarazona peaking at 30C. The morning stays lightly clouded, the outlet adds, before afternoon showers and storms that can turn locally strong, with gusts up to 36 km/h in Zaragoza and 35 km/h in Calatayud. OkDiario also notes AEMET yellow warnings for rain and storms over the Ribera del Ebro of Zaragoza, the Iberian range of the province and central Huesca, plus a 100% chance of rain in Calatayud by late afternoon.

Meteored, via tiempo.com, widens the lens beyond Aragon. Its reading of the European models points to large storm systems between August 22 and 24, with up to 100 l/m2 piling up in some areas over the episode, alongside heavy hail, strong gusts and the risk of "reventones", violent bursts of downdraft wind. Meteored also maps the sequence: the northern third of the country (the Cantabrian coast, Aragon, inland Catalonia, Navarre) on Saturday 22, then inland Galicia, the Cantabrian strip and Castile and Leon on Sunday 23, spreading on Monday 24 to Galicia, Castile and Leon, Castile-La Mancha, Madrid, La Rioja, Aragon, Catalonia and the Valencia region.

One detail the other outlets do not spell out this way: Meteored underlines just how far the thermometer falls. Before the storms, it places highs of 42C to 44C around Valencia and Alicante, and once the system passes it expects a marked drop that can push temperatures back below the seasonal average. Two notes of caution for readers watching Google Trends: the spike in "clima" searches is tied by the tool to Aragon and Zaragoza, while the sources describe a phenomenon reaching many regions, and the precise warning levels (yellow, orange or red) for Zaragoza on Saturday 22 are not confirmed by the outlets we could read, which mostly document August 19 and 20 plus the broader August 22 to 24 trend.

Sources : Meteored, Infobae, OkDiario, AEMET, Google Trends.