The third heat wave will leave highs of 44ºC, 15ºC more than normal, and torrid nights return with more than 25ºC

Andalusia, Aragon, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands will be with red level warnings that pose extreme danger due to extreme heat

   MADRID, 17 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

A new heat wave, the third of this summer of 2023, will once again leave high temperatures throughout Spain since it will exceed 40ºC in large areas of the eastern, central and southern peninsula and in the Balearic Islands, and will oscillate between 42ºC and 44ºC in the Ebro depression, Ampurdán, the interior of Mallorca and the Guadalquivir Valley, according to what the spokesman for the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), Rubén del Campo, has advanced to Europa Press, who has specified that these values ​​are not appropriate for the season and even exceed the usual temperatures by 15ºC.

Likewise, the week will be marked by torrid nights, that is, those with night temperatures of more than 25ºC and that will take place in points of the Mediterranean coast as well as in the surroundings of large cities in the interior of the peninsula.

According to the spokesman, despite the fact that the period between July 15 and August 15 is the warmest of the year, the high temperatures forecast for this week will be "unusual" in many areas, especially the case of daytime . In the same way, he has stressed that the temperatures forecast for the first half of the week will be among the 5% of the warmest recorded for these dates in the center, east and south of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands compared to the data for 2020.

For this reason, numerous areas of Spain have activated orange alerts, which imply significant danger due to heat, and even red level warnings for extreme danger in regions of Andalusia, Aragon, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands. Thus, the AEMET does not rule out that some maximum temperature records can be broken at the local level, while warning of the high risk of fires expected for the next few days.

This new heat wave will affect a good part of the countries bordering the Mediterranean, including Spain, and is the result of a powerful anticyclone that covers the entire central and western area of ​​the Mediterranean basin, an anticyclone that drives very warm air from the north of Africa to Spanish territory.

In addition, these high pressures favor a situation of atmospheric stability, so the sun "shines with hardly any obstacles in the form of clouds", explained the spokesman, who added that the mass of warm air coming from North Africa could be accompanied by airborne dust, which will worsen air quality.

Specifically, this Monday the thermometers will register temperatures that will oscillate between 40ºC and 42ºC in large areas of Spain, with the Balearic Islands that will touch 40ºC and up to 44ºC maximum in the Guadalquivir Valley and its surroundings. On the other hand, for the beginning of the week storms are also expected in the eastern interior with possible showers, although dry storms with very intense gusts of wind are also expected.

On Tuesday the heat will increase with a rise of up to 6ºC in the northeast, some Mediterranean regions and in the Balearic Islands due to the southwesterly winds that will arrive very overheated in these areas. However, the winds will enter the Guadalquivir and Guadiana valley cooler, so there will be a drop in temperatures.

Thus, this Tuesday will be very warm in the center and east of the peninsula and in the Balearic Islands, with values ​​between 5ºC and 10ºC above normal, and even between 10ºC and 15ºC in northeastern areas, so it will reach between 38ºC and 42ºC in many of these points and even between 42ºC and 44ºC in the central depression of the Ebro, Aragón, Catalonia and Ampurdán. These are extreme temperatures and Del Campo does not rule out breaking some records.

Tuesday morning will also be warm in towns on the Mediterranean coast and even in large inland cities such as Madrid, where temperatures will not drop below 25ºC.

During this day there will also be storms in isolated points in the center and northeast, especially in mountainous areas of the central and Iberian system, the Pyrenees and nearby areas, which will leave little precipitation but intense gusts of wind.

ON WEDNESDAY THE TEMPERATURES WILL DROP UP TO 10ºC IN THE NORTHEASTERN

On Wednesday the arrival of winds from the north will cause a drop in temperatures in the northeast of the peninsula, which could drop up to 10ºC less than the previous day in regions of the Basque Country, Navarra and Aragon. Although temperatures will decrease slightly in the rest of Spain, in the south of the Valencian Community and Andalusia and in the Murcia region, the winds will arrive very overheated, which could cause an increase in temperatures.

Therefore, Del Campo has specified that it will continue to be a very hot day in the center, west and south of the peninsula and in the Balearic Islands, where again it will be possible to exceed 40ºC at points and not drop below 25ºC at dawn, temperatures that will contrast with those of the Cantabrian Sea, where it is difficult for them to exceed 25ºC.

On Thursday and Friday the drop in temperatures will continue, although in some areas of the central south and east of the Peninsula, as well as in the Balearic Islands, intense heat with more than 36ºC is still expected.

During the weekend temperatures will rise again and, in the case of electoral Sunday, July 23, a hot day marked by stability and without rain is expected in most of Spain, although some isolated storms could form in areas of Mountain.

On Sunday temperatures could again exceed 35ºC in many regions of Spain, mainly in the northeast, center and south of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands.

In the case of the Canary Islands, they will experience a week of typical summer trade winds, with some clouds in the north of the most mountainous islands and the rest with little cloudy skies. Thus, temperatures will oscillate in coastal areas between 22ºC and 24ºC at dawn and between 27ºC and 30ºC in the early hours of the afternoon, while in southern parts of Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura they may exceed 32ºC.