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Caribbean volcanic ash and gas cloud approaches Spain

IGNACIO LILLO

...on 9 April and the cloud of ash and gases has made its way across the Atlantic and is approaching the Canary Islands first and, in the following days, the south of the Spanish mainland. Spain’s national weather agency, Aemet, is monitoring the ... noticeable with a change in the colours of the sky at dawn, "like a candle", says José Luis Escudero, a weather expert in Malaga and author of the SUR blog Tormentas y Rayos.

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Yellow weather warning for rough seas on the Costa del Sol

ALMUDENA NOGUÉS

After a few days of high temperatures, the weather on the Costa del Sol Malaga will take a downturn from this Wednesday evening (7 April). An instability in the weather will increase the probability of showers in different parts of the province. ... For Thursday Aemet has activated a yellow warning for rough seas on the Costa del Sol from 3am to 4pm and waves of up to three metres are forecast. Weather expert José Luis Escudero on his Storms and Lightning blog says, “As of tonight there is a

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Temperature drop and three-metre waves forecast for the Costa del Sol this weekend

ISABEL MÉNDEZ

The warm temperatures and clear skies of the past few days will give way to possible rainfall and the return of cold weather this weekend on the Costa del Sol. Spain’s national weather agency, Aemet, has forecast cloudy skies in the province ... without ruling possibility of weak and isolated rainfall this Saturday. The winds will be variable and a good part of the province - including the Costa del Sol, Malaga, Guadalhorce and Axarquía areas - will be on a yellow weather warning. From 8am to

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Saharan dust cloud shrouds the Costa del Sol

The start of Easter week in Spain has been marked in weather terms by a strong haze of suspended dust from the Sahara, which is responsible for the dense clouds shrouding the Costa del Sol this Tuesday (30 March). Aemet's state weather centre

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Yellow weather alerts for strong winds in Malaga province

ROSSEL APARICIO

Spain's State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated a yellow warning this Wednesday (24 February) due to strong gusts of wind in the province, specifically in the Antequera and Ronda areas. The warning - active between 9am and 6pm - predicts

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Heavy rain forecast in Malaga province for the next few days

RAQUEL MERINO

The Spanish state weather agency, Aemet, has forecast rain across much of Malaga province until at least this Saturday, although it has not issued any weather warnings for the moment. According to weather expert José Luis Escudero, writing on his

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Weather warning for heavy rain in Malaga and on the Costa del Sol

ALMUDENA NOGUÉS

The most intense downpours are expected in the westernmost part of the region, according to Aemet which predicts an instability in the weather that could last until Monday or Tuesday. At the moment, Aemet forecasts a 75 - 100 per cent probability of ... having to open umbrellas in Malaga city while it is 100 per cent in towns such as Mijas, Marbella, Estepona and Ronda. On the coast the heavy rain will be accompanied by strong gusts of wind and rough seas. The areas covered by the yellow weather

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Weather warning for three-metre high waves along the south coast of Spain

ISABEL MÉNDEZ / ALMUDENA NOGUÉS

Spain's national weather agency, Aemet, has issued yellow weather alerts for much of the south coast of the mainland this Friday, 26 February. The forecaster predicts winds of up to force seven in coastal areas whipping up waves of up to three ... metres. The weather warnings for Friday, 26 February.AEMET In the Axarquía area the yellow alert will be in place from 9am to 11.59pm while on the Costa del Sol a warning has been issued between 10am and 5pm. The forecast points to mainly cloudy skies

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Severe weather warnings activated across the south of Spain

RAQUEL MERINO / EUROPA PRESS

A yellow weather warning has been activated for Malaga city, the Costa del Sol and inland areas of Malaga province at least until Wednesday, according to the predictions of Spain’s state meteorological agency (Aemet). Heavy rain, strong gusts of ... wind and rough sea conditions are being forecast as a weather front sweeps east across the peninsula. A total of 16 provinces will be on alert this Monday (8 February). In the case of Malaga province, the city, Serranía de Ronda, Costa del Sol and ... Valle del Guadalhorce areas are on yellow alert due to gusts of wind from the west or southwest that could reach 70 kilometres per hour. The yellow weather warning is also extended to the entire Malaga coastline due to rough seas with waves of two or

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Yellow alert: Heavy rain returns to Malaga and Costa del Sol

IGNACIO LILLO

Hot on the heels of storm Filomena that wreaked havoc in parts of Malaga province, another weather front is moving in and Spain's national agency, Aemet, has predicted a 100 per cent probability of rainfall this Wednesday. Although this weather ... front will be milder than Filomena, which left more than 300mm of rain in Estepona, it will still be significant. Aemet has issued a yellow weather warning for Malaga, the Costa del Sol and Guadalhorce areas and up to 15mm of rain per hour is expected.