11 regions of the country have a fiesta on both Monday and Tuesday

The bank holiday weather, with both Monday and Tuesday fiestas in Spain for the Puente de la Constitución y la Imaculada, will see travellers having to pack their umbrellas and coats.

As the Constitution Day falls on a Sunday this year, 11 of Spain’s regions have moved the fiesta to the Monday, and this links up with the National Fiesta for the Inmaculada on Tuesday. Monday is a fiesta in the following regions – Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Baleares, Canarias, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Galicia, Murcia and La Rioja.

The DGT traffic authority is forecasting 6.2 million journeys will be taken on the roads of the country over the weekend, and warn that the weather conditions could complicate things for drivers.

Special patrols and measures will be in operation from 3pm on Friday until midnight on Tuesday and they have asked drivers to check the weather conditions before setting out. Busiest times are expected to be Friday evening and Saturday morning and for the return home on Tuesday. Last year saw 200kms of hold ups form at one time.

9,300 traffic guardia are on duty over the weekend, along with 700 civil servants and specialist technical personel. 18 traffic helicopters will be in the air, additional lanes opened, roadworks put on hold and heavy lorries are banned from certain roads at certain times.

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AEMET Spanish Meteorological Agency says that a new front will be crossing the country and this will bring poor conditions to Galicia, Cantabria and the north, especially on Sunday.

Friday will see weak to moderate showers in Eastern Cantabria and the Pyrenees with snow above 1,100 to 1,500m. Rain will move into the NE of the country later on Friday.

Showers will continue in some areas of the north on Saturday, but in the rest of the country it will be a mixture of clear skies and cloudy intervals.

Winds Northerly, Strong in the NE at times and on the Balearic on Saturday.

It will be cooler at night in the south and centre of the country, while it will be slightly warmer by day.

Temperatures
Highs: Santa Cruz de Tenerife 23, Murcia 22, Alicante, Valencia 20, Málaga 19, Almería, Cádiz 17, Barcelona 15, Granada 13, Madrid 11
Lows: Santa Cruz de Tenerife 19, Cádiz, Valencia 11, Alicante, Málaga 10, Murcia 9, Almería, Barcelona 8, Madrid 3, Granada 2

Outlook
Costa del Sol, Costa Almería – Generally sunny over the whole puente with some cloud on Sunday and Monday but remaining dry
Costa Cálida and Blanca – Partly cloudy conditions over the Puente but it should remain dry. (Via Original Article)

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