Barometric Pressure Forecast for Oviedo, Spain
Barometric pressure forecast for Oviedo, Asturias — inland from the Cantabrian coast beneath the Picos de Europa, on the receiving end of Atlantic depressions. See current barometric pressure and what it means for weather-sensitive people.
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Pressure and weather in Oviedo
Oviedo sits in a green basin a few kilometres in from the Bay of Biscay, hemmed in to the south by the Cantabrian Cordillera whose peaks rise above two thousand metres barely thirty kilometres away. That geography makes Asturias one of the wettest corners of Spain and a place where the barometer is unusually active. Atlantic depressions tracking east along the polar front reach this coast with much of their energy intact, and the mountains force the moist northwesterly flow behind them to rise, wringing out rain for days at a stretch. When a low passes to the north, the current barometric pressure falls sharply, the wind backs and the coast takes a soaking. The reverse pattern is the local sur, a southerly foehn wind that descends off the cordillera dry, warm and gusty, clearing the sky, raising the temperature dramatically in winter and often coinciding with a rising barometer and a sudden collapse in humidity. Residents talk about the sur in the same breath as headaches and restlessness, much as people elsewhere in Europe talk about the Alpine foehn. Winter and early spring bring the deepest lows, while summer is comparatively settled under the Azores high. A barometric pressure forecast for Oviedo matters most from October through March.
What this means for you
Can barometric pressure cause headaches? The sur gives Oviedo something most cities lack, a named wind that people already associate with feeling unwell, and it is worth finding out whether it affects you or not. Use Pressure Pal as a migraine tracker app, mark sur days alongside Atlantic frontal days, and see which column fills up.