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Since Monday we are experiencing a new wave of extreme heat in a large part of the Peninsula, and on this Tuesday the temperatures have continued to rise: except on the western Cantabrian, Galicia and Mediterranean coasts, which are being affected , they are exceeding 34-36 degrees in most of the peninsular areas. The day is being especially hot in the areas of the center and the southwest quadrant of the peninsula, with temperatures between 40 and 42 degrees, and even more so in the center of the Guadalquivir valley, with 44 degrees..
The Aemet (State Meteorological Agency) has been warning of this weather event for days, caused by the union of “a very hot and dry African continental air mass” with “the high insolation characteristic of this time of year”, and constantly updating its forecasts. Before the start of this heat wave, they predicted that it would last until Thursday, but now they have updated their forecast to warn that it will “probably” last a day longer than expected: they now set Friday, August 11 as the “last day of this episode”.
⚠️ Special notice for #HeatWave: update.
🔴High temperatures will probably continue until Friday, 11.
🔴 On Wednesday, the heat will be the most adverse factor, but we will also have to pay attention to dry storms and a possible gale in the Cantabrian Sea
👇 pic.twitter.com/YK22MXW4GP– AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) August 8, 2023
In addition, they explain that “the uncertainty of the atmospheric evolution is not as high as the previous days”, and the data already indicates more clearly that the heat wave will last, in effect, until that date.
Wednesday, the hottest day
As explained by Aemet, it is expected that this Wednesday will take place “the hottest day” of this heat wave, and that 44 degrees will be reached in different areas of Andalusia. In fact, they believe that it will be one of the hottest days since records have been recorded in Spain.. As if that were not enough, they warn that in the second half of the day “dry storms are likely to occur in large areas of the interior of the peninsula”, which will cause “strong gusts of wind and sudden drops in temperature”.
As of Thursday, “temperatures will continue to be high, but milder,” although the extreme heat and high temperatures will persist until Friday, the day they expect to be the last of the heat wave.. Therefore, it is most likely that on Saturday the weather will return to normal parameters for what is expected at this time of August.
In the Canary Islands, where the effects of the African air mass will not begin to be felt until Wednesday, there is still quite a bit of uncertainty, and Aemet still cannot confirm whether there can be talk of a heat wave on the islands. Of course, he foresees that Friday and Saturday will be “the hottest days of the episode” in the archipelago.