This week, values ??typical of summer and exceptionally high for this time of year will be reached
MADRID, 25 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The peak of the episode of exceptionally high temperatures for the time of year that has been taking place since Monday in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands is scheduled for this Thursday 27 and Friday 28 April, with highs of 30ºC in many parts of the country and tropical nights in Andalusia during the early hours of Thursday to Saturday, according to the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).
Since this Monday, April 24, a very warm and dry air mass, of North African origin, has been entering the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. The presence of this warm mass, along with the
Stable atmospheric conditions and strong insolation are causing a rise in temperatures, which will continue in the coming days, leaving values ??typical of summer and exceptionally high for the dates.
Specifically, for this Tuesday the maximum temperatures are expected to exceed 30ºC, even reaching 35ºC locally in the Guadalquivir valley and inland in the provinces of Cádiz and Huelva, as well as in inland areas of Murcia and Valencia.
This Wednesday, the maximum will reach 30ºC in a good part of the southern half of the peninsula, except on the Mediterranean coast, where they will descend. Occasionally this value will also be exceeded in the Ebro valley, while they will be above 35ºC in the Guadalquivir valley. During these days, the extreme north of the peninsula will be left out of this episode of high temperatures.
It is very probable that Thursday the 27th and Friday the 28th will be the peak of this episode and the thermal rise will reach the northern half of the peninsula. Thus, it is likely that on Thursday temperatures will exceed 30/32ºC in much of the southern interior of the peninsula and it can reach 36/38ºC in the Guadalquivir valley, and 30ºC in points of the Ebro and Duero valleys.
In the Cantabrian and Galicia, although the temperatures will be abnormally high, with maximums of up to 25ºC in inland areas, they are not expected to reach 30ºC.
With greater uncertainty, during Friday it is likely that the maximum temperatures will continue to rise in the eastern half of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands. In this way, they will continue to be above 36/38ºC in the Guadalquivir valley and 32/34ºC in the southern half of the peninsula, and it is likely that they will exceed 30/32ºC in the Ebro valley and inland Mallorca.
The minimum temperatures will also be abnormally high throughout the country, especially during the early hours of Thursday to Saturday in Andalusia, where locally there could be tropical nights, without falling below 20ºC.
The AEMET adds that it is most probable that a notable thermal decrease will begin on Saturday, April 29, due to the entry of a more humid and fresh air mass from the west of the Peninsula, although temperatures would still continue to rise at the extreme this peninsular and in the Balearic Islands, with more than 30ºC in numerous points in the southern half, the Ebro valley and the interior of Mallorca.
On Sunday, April 30, the temperature drop would reach the eastern half and the Balearic Islands, for which reason the AEMET anticipates that this episode of exceptionally high temperatures for the time of year would end.
