Special notice from Aemet due to heat wave in Spain: these are the areas that will be over 40ºC
We say goodbye to the storms and instability and welcome a summer that comes with high temperatures. The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). has confirmed the first heat wave of summer. “During the next few days, an anticyclonic situation will prevail with a generally stable atmosphere, favoring strong insolation, which, together with the entry of a very warm air mass from North Africa, is giving rise to a progressive increase in temperatures in the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands”, confirms the spokesman, Rubés del Campo.
From Sunday, June 25, and until Wednesday, June 28, measurements will be between 5 and 10 degrees above what is usual for this time of year in the center and south of the peninsula.. Without anticipating an event, this Friday, June 23, the environment will already be stable, although without ruling out an occasional storm in points of the northern and eastern third, as well as in Mallorca. 38 degrees will already be reached in Badajoz, Seville or Córdoba. The nights will also be very warm and will not drop below 20 degrees and even 25 in some coastal cities.
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On Saturday and Sunday it would reach 40 ºC in the Guadalquivir and Guadiana valleys. On Sunday, 35ºC will also be exceeded in the depressions of the northeast and the center of the peninsula. https://t.co/vMDn1l95WC pic.twitter.com/rbJzSOYp6O– AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) June 23, 2023
On Saturday, the rise in temperature will already be widespread, both the maximum and the minimum. Oviedo or Coruña will exceed 32 degrees. The south of Galicia, the central areas of Castilla y León and the Ebro valley, as well as a good part of Extremadura, the south of the Community of Madrid, the west of Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia, will be above 35 degrees..
marked night heat
On Sunday, in cities like Madrid, Granada, Huelva, Lleida, Cáceres, Toledo or Zaragoza, the mercury will oscillate between 38 and 40 degrees, and again the Guadiana and Guadalquivir valleys will be the true peninsular “ovens” with records that could exceed 42 degrees. Specifically, they will be on alert for high temperatures, Badajoz, Seville and Córdoba.
The causes of these high temperatures, according to Del Campo, must be sought in several factors that occur simultaneously. In addition to the air mass of African origin, we find a stable atmosphere with high pressures over our country.. To which is added the lack of rainfall.
On Monday, June 26, the heat will grant a truce and temperatures will drop to 6 degrees in parts of Burgos, the Basque Country or Navarra. This day, the night heat will be marked, since it will not drop below 23 degrees in cities like Almería, Cádiz, Málaga, Barcelona or Seville. On Tuesday and Wednesday, in principle, we will continue with heat and there will not be very notable variations. It will be Thursday when the thermal drop reaches the northern half of the peninsula.