The cold has left the first snowfall in Orduña and the devices have been reinforced in Euskadi and Navarre
Snow and rain have caused concern on the roads, and temperatures will drop this afternoon. The snow level will fall to 500 metres (sometimes 400 metres) on Friday, along with persistent rainfall.
The Basque Government's Directorate of Emergency and Meteorological Care maintains the yellow warning for snow and persistent rainfallbelow1,000 meters this Thursday and Friday.
This Thursday the level has been around 800-1,000 meters in the morning and will go down to 600-900 at noon, at night it is expected to reach 500-700 meters. There have been very moderate showers, very abundant on the Cantabrian side and during the second half of the day could be accompanied by storms and hail.
The worst will come on Friday: the snow level will remain around 500 metres during the first half of the day and could fall to 400 . In the afternoon it will rise to 600-800 metres and reach 700-900 metres in the last hours. The warning for persistent rainfall will remain in effect until noon.
Vitoria-Gasteiz has activated the pre-emergency phase of the Snowfall Plan.
The City Council of Vitoria-Gasteiz has activated the pre-emergency phase of the Municipal Snowfall Plan, which is expected to fall to 500 metres between today and tomorrow, with thicknesses of 10-30 centimetres to 1,000 metres and 2-15 centimetres to 600 metres.
In this initial phase, preparatory work has begun: review and distribution of salt at 33 points in the city, completion of snow removal machines and diffusers and activation of priority routes to ensure access to health, industrial and educational centres and official buildings. The City Council recalls that each housing community must clean the sidewalk in front of the façade and requests that unnecessary travel in private vehicles be avoided.
Pamplona prepares 350 tons of salt.
The Pamplona City Council has also launched the Snowfall Action Plan2025-2026. The Trinitarios Municipal Warehouse already stores 350 tons of salt due to a significant drop in temperatures and the forecast of snow and ice for Thursday and Friday.
In addition to silos, which have a capacity of 200 tonnes, the City Council has 15,000 kilograms of salt in 624 sacks for schools, health centres and sports centres, and a protocol for the care of the homeless, which is activated when temperatures drop below 3 degrees or in particularly adverse weather conditions.
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