MALAGA is bucking the national trend this week as autumn arrives with a bang across Spain. The official start of autumn on Monday has brought widespread temperature falls and persistent rainfall to northern Spain, caused by an Atlantic weather front moving across the Mediterranean. However, Spain’s meteorological agency Aemet has predicted that several provinces, including Malaga, will escape this national cooling trend. By Wednesday, easterly winds are expected to sweep across the Malaga coast and interior, bringing moderate to strong gusts. “It’s likely that Friday and the weekend will see temperatures return to 30C in some parts of Malaga province,” he forecasts.