According to a forecast released by the National Meteorological Institute (INM) today, a ridge of low pressure is forecast to continue to bring cold, wet conditions to the north and east coasts of Spain during this weekend and into the first half of next week although an improvement is expected from around Thursday onwards.

Snow is forecast between 800-1,000 metres in the northern third of the peninsula that will fall as rain in low-lying areas.

Gale force winds are also forecast for the Cantabrian coast and the northeast of the Canary Islands archipelago.

Furthermore, it will continue to rain heavily all along the Mediterranean coast and in the Balearic Islands until well into next week.