Madrid prepares for Wednesday of heavy rain and intense winds

The yellow alert for rain will be active from 3:00 PM to 11:59 PM on Thursday. Forecasts predict accumulations of 15 liters per square meter in one hour throughout the Madrid territory, and up to 60 liters accumulated in 12 hours in the Sierra, South, Plains and West areas. The probability of reaching these precipitations is estimated between 40% and 70%.

The orange alert for wind will be in effect from 6:00 PM on Wednesday to 3:00 AM on Thursday. Wind gusts are expected that could reach 100 kilometers per hour in the Sierra and 90 kilometers per hour in the rest of the region. The probability that these maximum gusts, with southwest wind, will be reached is also between 40% and 70%.

The weather forecast indicates heavy and persistent rain throughout the day in the Sierra and South, Plains and West areas, extending to the rest of the region in the afternoon. Cloudy skies with light to moderate rain are expected, more likely and intense in the Sierra and in the western part of the South, Plains and West areas. Mists and fogs, morning and evening, dense and persistent in mountainous areas, are also forecast.

Temperatures will experience little change or a slight decrease, especially in the maximum temperatures of the Tagus and Tajuña valleys and in the southeastern plateaus. The wind will blow lightly from the south and increase to moderate from the afternoon, with very strong gusts widespread throughout the region.