By Eric Leister, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
Storm Freya battered France with strong winds and rain into Monday, and another storm is already on the horizon.
The storm, which has been named Laura by Spain's meteorological agency, will be more far-reaching as locations from France to Spain and Portugal brace for a round of strong winds and downpours.
Impacts will begin Tuesday afternoon as rain spreads into northern Portugal and northwestern Spain.
Downpours will affect all of Portugal and northwestern Spain Tuesday night, bringing the risk for localized flooding.
Rain will taper off on Wednesday; however, flooding can be an ongoing issue early in the day. Total rainfall of 25-50 mm (1-2 inches) is expected across Portugal and northwestern Spain, with local amounts up to 100 mm (4 inches).
While conditions will begin to improve in Portugal on Wednesday, downpours will spread eastward across western and central Spain.
A few showers may dampen Madrid late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning before a soaking rain spreads over the city from the mid-morning into the afternoon.
This will be the heaviest rainfall in the city since early February, with total rainfall of 6-13 mm (0.24-0.51 of an inch) expected.
Strong winds will be another component of Storm Laura with frequent wind gusts of 35-65 km/h (22-40 mph) throughout the storm.
A three- to six-hour period of stronger winds will accompany the arrival of the heaviest rainfall with wind gusts of 65-80 km/h (40-50 mph) during this time.
Farther east, the rain will diminish quickly with just a couple of showers reaching Barcelona on Wednesday night.
Locations across France will also have to contend with a period of rain and strong winds from Storm Laura.
Rain will spread into northwestern France on Tuesday night before expanding eastward into southwestern, central and northeastern France on Wednesday.
In Paris, a shower or two on Wednesday will transition to a steady rain by the evening commute, with additional rainfall expected Wednesday night. A few showers are likely to linger into Thursday morning.
Strong winds will also sweep across France; however, gusts are not expected to be as strong as what occurred from Sunday into Monday as Storm Freya impacted the region.
Frequent wind gusts of 35-65 km/h (22-40 mph) are expected from Tuesday night into Thursday, with locally higher gusts near the northern coastline Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
Additional chances for rainfall and gusty winds are expected from Friday into the weekend across much of France.
This unsettled weather pattern may persist for much of next week, along with the risk for another named windstorm to affect parts of the country during this time.
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