MADRID, 8 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has issued a special warning for the heat wave that is being experienced in the Peninsula from this Monday and until foreseeably on Friday, in which it indicates that this Wednesday the temperatures in Spain will rise even more and predicts that this it will be “the highest day of this episode”.
In this way, it could reach 38-40 degrees in large areas of the interior of the peninsula, 40-42 degrees in the southern and central half, also in the interior of the Basque Country and north of Burgos, and even 44 degrees in areas from Andalusia.
In the second half of this day, dry storms are likely to occur in large areas of the interior of the peninsula that would produce strong gusts of wind and sudden drops in temperature.
On the other hand, on the Cantabrian coast, sudden temperature drops and strong or very strong gusts associated with a probable gale during the evening are also expected.
The minimum temperatures will also be very high during the episode, with nights known as tropical, above 20 degrees, and even above 25 degrees, in the southern half, central zone, and Mediterranean area.
On Thursday it is probable that the thermal decrease that began the day before in the west will extend towards the interior of the peninsula and that it would extend during the following days to the rest of the peninsular area. Thus, the temperatures will continue to be high but milder than the previous days.
The AEMET explains that the uncertainty of the atmospheric evolution is not as high as the previous days and, according to the latest information from the numerical models, Friday will probably be the last day of this heat wave episode.
As for the Canary Islands, the African air mass will begin to affect the archipelago from this Wednesday, persisting for several days. As a consequence there will be a progressive rise in temperatures and, starting on Thursday, an episode of high temperatures. Friday and Saturday will most likely be the hottest days of the episode, although the AEMET qualifies that it is still early to determine whether or not it will be a heat wave on the islands.
