The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated the orange warning this Saturday in the Balearic Islands for strong gusts of wind, which may reach 140 kilometers per hour (km / h), and coastal phenomena. Thus, the orange warning has been activated from 15.00 hours on Saturday in Mallorca and Menorca and, from 18.00 hours in Ibiza and Formentera. According to Aemet Baleares, maximum gusts of 90 km / h of wind are expected, which will be from the northwest and may occasionally reach 100 km / h and 140 km / h on peaks and capes. Waves of three to four meters are also expected. In Ibiza and Formentera the orange warning responds to the risk of coastal phenomena, as it is expected northwest wind of 50 to 65 km / h with waves of three to four meters. Also, the yellow warning has been activated in the Pitiusas by maximum gusts of 70 km / h. It is recalled that the Aemet has issued a special warning of adverse events by a storm of snow, rain, wind and sea in the northern half of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands that will begin this Saturday and last until at least Tuesday 10. As detailed, the interaction of the Atlantic anticyclone with a squall centered over central Europe will lead between Saturday and Sunday to a strong entry of north that will cause the intensification of the storm.
