We’re now in Spring, which started at 00:21 on Tuesday 22nd March and to mark the occasion here is the TV campaign presented by El Corte Inglés under the slogan “Ya es Primavera”. The star of the advert is the Dutch model Cato Van Ee. On this occasion El Corte Inglés has gone back to 2008 for the theme “The World is crazy” by Lonely Drifter Karen.
The Spanish Meterological Agency, AEMET is predicting a ‘very normal’ season. They say that conditions this Spring will not see significant variations from the norm. Head of forecasting at AEMET, Fermín Eliazaga, said that for April to June, they are predicting that temperatures and rainfall will be normal, except on the Canaries and Baleares where temperatures will be slightly higher.
The experts also predict that Spring will bring aggressive pollens which could stay around for longer than normal. The high pollution levels recently in some Spanish cities will worsen the symptoms for many who suffer hayfever, the symptoms for which are starting about now, according to the SEAIC, the Spanish Society for Clinical Allergy and Immunology. They say that it will be in April, May and June when the symptoms worsen and that levels of pollen of as much as 5,400 grains per cubic metres will be seen in the centre and south of the mainland – although the daily average will be around 200 gr/m3 in the rest of the country.
The three months from December 2010 to February 2011 have meanwhile been 0.2ºC warmer on average than the reference period compiled from data for the years 1971-2000. December was slightly colder, while January and February were warmer. The last three months have also been 15% wetter than normal.
Another day in paradise 