A “monumental” snowfall within the Sierra Nevada continues to cowl the Granada mountain in white


After two days closed on account of sturdy gusts of wind, Sierra Nevada has obtained a brand new snowfallThe storm has left sturdy gusts of wind which have prevented its opening throughout this December lengthy weekendThe temperature additionally continues to drop and has reached 4 levels under zero

After two days closed on account of sturdy gusts of wind, Sierra Nevada has obtained a brand new “monumental” snowfall. It was on the afternoon of this Friday from 6:00 p.m. when the primary snowflakes started to fall onerous, which proceed to cowl the Granada mountain in white.

The station inaugurated the season final Saturday, December 3 with 1.9 skiable kilometers and 40 centimeters thick. A ski space that was anticipated to develop through the festive lengthy weekend due to the low temperatures forecast. However, the storm has introduced rainfall to the Granada massif and powerful gusts of wind which have prevented its opening, in full festive lengthy weekend.

The temperature additionally continues to drop and has reached 4 levels under zero, which is able to permit the kilometers of skiable slopes to be prolonged and, if the climate situations permit it, reopen this weekend, when the motels have An occupancy of 40 p.c is predicted.

In reality, the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated this Friday the orange warning for vital threat of rain in a number of geographical areas of the provinces of Malaga and Cádiz, and the yellow one in factors of the remaining Andalusian provinces for a similar motive. motive or by wind and coastal phenomena within the case of Almería.

In the provinces of Huelva, Seville, Córdoba, Jaén and Granada, collected rainfall is predicted to drop as much as 15 liters per sq. meter in a single hour, in response to info printed on the Aemet web site.