Tropical Storm Margot becomes a hurricane: could it affect Spain?

“This week the storms return to many areas of Spain and could be locally intense in some communities. Also pending the distant tropical storm Margot, which will become a hurricane as it moves towards the North Atlantic,” meteorology expert Mario Picazo detailed this Monday about the weather forecasts for the coming days.

Tropical Storm Margot has already become a hurricane. “It circulates through the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, ascending latitudes while it strengthens,” they indicate on the weather portal Eltiempo.es.. Its trajectory indicates that at the end of this week or beginning of next, it could be located west of the Azores Islands. Will it affect Spain? What is the risk?

What is the current situation

Right now, the newly formed hurricane is moving north at 19 kilometers per hour. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) of the United States expects it to continue moving north-northwest in the coming days.

Can it reach Spain?

In this sense, experts add, hurricane-force winds extend up to 200 kilometers from its center, but for now there is no danger that it could affect land.. Margot will advance towards the Azores Islands and “when a hurricane approaches the polar circulation, it can be pushed by it and drift towards Europe.”

For now, the hurricane does not pose any risk to Spain. Weather predictions indicate that new high-altitude cold Atlantic storms will arrive by the end of this week, which will cause intense rain events and storms.