The snow on Friday in parts of the province gave way to gale force winds yesterday; in many places, the temperatures dropped to –4 degrees centigrade. The wind reached 100km per hour in Castalla and 86 km/h in Pinoso; in Castellfort (Castellón) temperatures dropped to –7 degrees C. Here in Bigastro, the gales of Friday continued but with clear skies and sunshine. As the day went on the wind slowly dropped with less frequent gusts.
Yesterday, the ferries between Dénia and Ibiza were cancelled, some of the roads were impassable without snow chains and the trains between Valencia and Zaragoza failed to run again.
The coastal wall at Almassora, which had collapsed on Friday due to the strong sea surge, was closed to traffic until yesterday morning and some of the houses in municipalities of La Marina Alta were flooded with sea water.
The weather forecasts show that the cold snap will continue today throughout the Alicante province with minimum temperatures of minus six in places like Ibi and A-5 in Villena. At best, temperatures will reach 9 degrees C but for most of the province 5 will be the warmest it will get. The wind will continue blowing, although with less intensity than on Saturday.
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Has the swimming pool frozen over yet? :)
I saw a first the other day - a guy walking his dog straight across Newsham Park lake. Brave, foolish man! If he'd have gone in I certainly wouldn't have attempted a recovery!
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