New heat wave In sight and if the AEMET forecasts are confirmed, there will be four so far this summer. Temperatures in the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands will generally increase by 5ºC to 10ºC above normal this weekend. they will reach 15ºC higher than normal in the north It will be located in the new hot part of the country this Sunday to Tuesday.
As Rubén del Campo, spokesperson for the State Meteorological Service (Aemet), argues that this fourth heat wave of this summer in spain.
Temperatures will exceed 35ºC these days in most of Spain and the Balearic Islands and tropical nights (more than 20ºC) will also affect many parts of the country, although it will be in the interior of the central and southern peninsula and in the Mediterranean. warm nights (more than 25ºC), so there will be three days of “very high” high and low for this time of year, according to the spokesperson.
As for the maximum temperatures, although the Ebro, Tagus, Guadiana, Guadalquivir valleys and other areas will be 40ºC in time and the values will not be that high in the Mediterranean, overwhelming feeling will be “dense” due to high relative humidity.
In this way, it is expected that the heat will start intensely in the northern and eastern thirds of the peninsula this Thursday and Friday, and spread to a large part of the country due to a snowfall at the weekend. “very hot” air mass As well as the high pressures that can come laden with suspended dust over Spain that can deteriorate air quality.
Extreme risk of fire
For all this, Aemet does not rule out that this hot period is the fourth heat wave of this summer, while warning against the risk of “extreme” fire in the face of low precipitation, high temperatures and environmental dryness.
Regarding precipitation, the spokesperson explained that it will be low due to anticyclonic conditions that will lead to dry and sunny weather despite the entry of a front that will affect and bring western Galicia. “Continuous” rains that will reach “weak” to other points in the Cantabrian Sea, in addition to some isolated storms in mountainous areas.
⚠️ Temperatures will be high in the coming days, especially in the eastern peninsula and the Balearic Islands. However, from the weekend, the heat will intensify and spread to a large part of the country. There will be a new hot episode with unusually high temperatures for the time. pic.twitter.com/1FElWtInuS
— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) 16 August 2023
In more detail, high temperatures will prevail this Thursday in the eastern, central and southern points of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands. Points like Zaragoza or Toledo where 38ºC will be reachedthat is, the day will be completely summer, although there will be some storms throughout the afternoon in the mountainous points to the east of the peninsula.
Temperatures will continue to rise this Friday in the Mediterranean and Cantabrian regions where they will register between 6ºC and 8ºC higher than the previous day. For example, cities like Bilbao, Logroño, Pamplona, Córdoba, Granada or Murcia and others will be around 38ºC and even reach 40ºC in Zaragoza.
However The arrival of a front in Galicia Friday will leave “abundant” cloudiness and “persistent” precipitation in the west of the community, with some areas that can accumulate more than 40 liters per square meter in just 12 hours.
In its place, Temperatures will rise across the countryWeaker rain is expected in Galicia and Asturias on Saturday, and light cloudy weather is expected in addition to a light storm in the Pyrenees in the afternoon.
It will register between thermometers 5ºC and 10ºC more than normal for the duration Above 35ºC maximum on Saturday and at points of Guadalquivir, inland of the Murcia region and parts of Southern Andalusia and the Ebro Valley.
Again, Thermal rise will continue on SundayWhen it will exceed 35ºC in large areas of the Peninsula and Balearic Islands and 40ºC in the Ebro Valley, Guadiana and Guadalquivir, in parts of the Tagus and other parts of Andalusia.
Thus, temperatures will this time be between 10ºC and 15ºC higher than normal in the north, and between 5ºC and 10ºC in most of the country. To this we must add the presence of tropical nights with temperatures of less than 20ºC in various parts of the eastern, central and southern peninsula and the Balearic Islands. south of the peninsula.
The heat will continue at the beginning of next week.
Temperatures will continue to rise on Monday They will stabilize except for the Cantabrian on Tuesday Where will they continue to rise? The spokesperson therefore warned that there will be “very hot” days with daytime values between 5ºC and 10ºC above normal across the country and between 10ºC and 15ºC more in various parts of the North Third.
In addition, it will generally rise above 35ºC, except for coastal and mountainous areas, and values will oscillate between 38ºC and 40ºC in the low parts of the northeast, center and south of the peninsula.
The nights will be very hot tooIt will not fall below 25ºC in most of the country with a minimum of 20ºC in the Mediterranean and in some districts in the inner parts of the eastern and southern peninsula.
The drop in temperatures will begin next Wednesday and will accompany it. growing instability with storms of undetermined size, according to the spokesperson.
On the other hand, in addition to the arrival of suspended dust in the “moderate” winds that will blow from the northeast in the coastal areas and from the east in the higher parts of the Canary Islands, temperatures will also rise over the weekend in the Canary Islands.
Overall, skies in the archipelago will be slightly cloudy and occasionally cloudy and may exceed a maximum of 34ºC in the areas of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and the mid-sized areas of the rest of the islands, with temperatures continuing to rise initially next week.
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