In the early 1920s, Sakuhei Fujiohara was a Japanese who came from Norway and spent his free time in a laboratory in England. I have no proof, but I have no doubt: I am sure he was bored out of his mind.
So he began to look into the water tank, make the eddies and see how they moved through it. So I imagine he discovered that those vortices had very strange behavior. They were not ignored; Instead, they chased each other, circling each other until one ate the other (or until everyone went their separate ways).
And what is this all about? Because, a hundred years later, the Fujiohara tank is now called the Atlantic Ocean, and two whirlpools are ready to dance next to Spain.
What is going to happen? Between November 5 and 9, a storm will form west of the Azores, it will deepen rapidly, and three low pressure centers will appear around it at the same time. The dance will begin there.
A dance which, we believe, will end on Monday when one of them eats the rest.
And what does that mean? Rain, yes; But we don’t know where. As for the orbit of the center, the position of the dominant is not set by the general wind, but by interaction. And this makes predictions more complicated than usual: a small change can move the storm hundreds of kilometers in one direction or another.
There is water, don’t get me wrong. The structure will flow moist subtropical air through an atmospheric river (a narrow strip of moist air) towards our latitude. The point is that this river could “flow” in Galicia, in the Grazalema Mountains, or in a dozen different places.
And what does AEMET say? The same. Its spokesman, Ruben del Campo, predicted this Thursday “strong and persistent rainfall in the region of Galicia, northern Extremadura, southern Castilla y León.” how much Overall, the probability of Candelada adding at least 5 l/m² per day is 100% on Monday, 98% on Tuesday and Wednesday, and 80% on Thursday. The view is very open, unfortunately for the eastern third of the peninsula (which will need water as soon as possible).
Either way, it seems things are changing and the Atlantic seems to be waking up. And that’s good news.
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