High temperatures put 20 provinces at risk, which will reach 40 degrees

The month of July ends this Monday with 20 provinces from eight autonomous communities at risk (yellow) due to high temperatures, with maximums that will range between 35 and 40 degrees, according to the forecast of the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).. The heat will put Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Málaga, Seville, Huesca, Zaragoza, Ávila, Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Toledo, Lleida, Tarragona, Cáceres, Madrid, Valencia, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las palms.

The Andalusian provinces of Córdoba and Jaén maintain the orange level for values that will rise to 40 degrees in points of the Cordovan countryside and the Guadalquivir valley of Jaén; in Granada, Malaga and Seville there is a yellow warning (risk) for temperatures between 38 and 39 degrees.

The Community of Madrid has activated the yellow warning for records of 37 degrees in the metropolitan area, south, Las Vegas, center and west, while in the mountains the thermometers will mark 35 degrees.

A week of contrasts in terms of temperatures: the first days will be very warm, especially in the east of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands. The EFI index shows unusually high values in some areas between Monday and Wednesday. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/mgdqESRQ9P

– AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) July 30, 2023

All the provinces of Castilla-La Mancha continue on yellow alert for values between 36 and 38 degrees, although the Aemet warns that in La Mancha, Albacete, Alcaraz and Segura, 40 degrees can be reached on time.

In the northeast of the peninsula, Aragon continues in yellow due to highs that will rise to 36 degrees, while in Catalonia, the heat will affect the provinces of Lleida and Tarragona with values of 36 degrees.

The provinces of Ávila (Castilla y León), Cáceres (Extremadura) and Valencia (Valencian Community) have a yellow level for maximum values between 36 and 38 degrees.

In the provinces of the Canary archipelago, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Tenerife will be the islands in yellow warning due to high temperatures, while the waves will activate the same level of alert in Gran Canaria, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and Tenerife. In general, this Monday, July 31, the maximum temperatures will increase in the Canary Islands and in the northern third of the Peninsula and will drop in the southeast, while the minimum will drop in the northeast.

In a large part of the country, slightly cloudy skies will predominate, although evolutionary clouds will form in the interior eastern third, with the probability of showers in the eastern Pyrenees, without ruling them out in a scattered manner in other interior areas of Catalonia, the interior of Valencia and in the Eastern Iberian.

Low morning clouds are also forecast in the eastern Mediterranean area, without ruling out isolated rainfall in the south of Valencia, north of Alicante and west of the Balearic Islands. Likewise, in the Bay of Biscay there could be intervals of scattered low clouds, and in the west of Galicia it will tend to cloud over at the end, with a small probability of weak precipitation in the northwest of Galicia at the end of the day..

The winds, for their part, will be from the west component on the Atlantic slope, area of the Strait and middle Ebro, and the east component will predominate in the Mediterranean area. Likewise, trade winds are expected in the Canary Islands, with very strong gusts in the channels between islands.

Thus begins a week “of contrasts” in which the first few days will be very warm, especially in the east of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, and from Thursday, with the arrival of a mass of cold air for the season, there will be three days with unusually low temperatures for August in the north and east of the peninsula, as specified by the AEMET.

The Aemet warns that with the orange alert there is a risk of unusual meteorological phenomena and with a certain degree of danger for usual activities, and with the yellow alert there is no meteorological risk for the population in general, although there is for some specific activity.