Galicia is under alert for storms this weekend, with strong thunderstorms expected on Saturday and Sunday and weather services already activating orange warnings in several provinces. The tormenta could bring hail, wind gusts above 80 km/h and rainfall so heavy in some coastal and inland southern areas that it may exceed 40 liters per square meter in less than 12 hours.
The most exposed areas include O Carballiño, A Limia, Terra de Lemos, and coastal stretches of Pontevedra and A Coruña. A mass of cold air at altitude is moving in from the northeastern Atlantic, a setup that is expected to drive the instability through the weekend and keep the atmosphere primed for abrupt changes in weather.
In A Coruña, Saturday is expected to be marked by heat and atmospheric instability, with temperatures forecast to range from 17 degrees to 26 degrees and northeast winds along the coast without significant gusts. Sunday should turn even warmer, with MeteoGalicia saying the city could reach 29ºC.
The warning is not abstract in a region that remembers what a similar episode did last year, when streets flooded and trees came down. Some municipalities have already activated emergency protocols, reviewed drainage systems, cleared culverts and reinforced Civil Protection shifts as they prepare for the storms.
The agricultural sector is especially exposed to hail, which can damage young vineyards, vegetable gardens and fruit trees in bloom. That risk is sharper in Galicia, where more than 60% of agricultural holdings are smaller than five hectares, leaving many farms with little margin when weather turns violent.
The broad picture is clear: this weekend’s tormenta is not expected to be a brief shower front, but a disruptive spell of heat, instability and localized damage that could test coastal towns, rural holdings and emergency crews at the same time.
