The week begins with unusual weather for this time of year. April is leaving temperatures more typical of June, with maximums that exceed 30 degrees in much of the countryand that they could even touch 35 degrees in some southern areas.
This episode of abnormal heat It doesn’t just affect daytime temperatures. The minimums are also on the rise, which could lead to the first tropical nights of the yearthose that do not drop below 20 degrees, especially in coastal areas of the southern peninsula, reports eltiempo.es. In inland cities such as Madrid or Toledo, the minimum temperatures could remain above 15 degrees in the middle of the week.
Storm warnings
As the heat intensifies, the storms also return. The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) activated this Monday yellow notices in several communities autonomous regions of the north and northeast of the peninsula.
Navarra, La Rioja, Aragon and Catalonia They are under alert this Monday for storms that may be accompanied by very strong gusts of wind, intense showers or hail. These phenomena will be concentrated mainly between 1:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Specifically, the Foral Community of Navarra has a yellow level due to storms in the Ribera del Ebro. In La Rioja, the warning affects both the Ribera del Ebro and the Iberian region of Rioja, where stormy episodes may be accompanied by very strong gusts of wind, locally intense showers and hail.
In Catalonia, the yellow alert for storms persists in the provinces of Barcelona, Girona and Lleida, with the possibility of strong gusts of wind and hail. In addition, in Barcelona and Girona there is also a yellow level due to rain, with an accumulated precipitation of up to 20 liters per square meter in one hour.
Aragon only maintains the yellow warning in the province of Huesca, especially in areas of the Pyrenees of Huesca, due to storms accompanied by very strong gusts of wind or hail.
Midsummer temperatures
He thermal rise will be especially notable andbetween this Monday and Tuesday. In most of the country, temperatures will reach or exceed 30 degrees, except in the north of Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria, as well as in some Mediterranean coastal areas.
According to eltiempo.es, the highest temperatures will be recorded in the Guadalquivir Valley, where Cities like Seville and Jaén could reach 36 degrees. At other points such as Zaragoza, Lleida or Badajozthe thermometers will range between 31 and 33 degrees, while in Madrid, Cáceres or Albacete They will be around 30 degrees.
This warm episode could last for several days. In fact, there is the possibility that in some areas there will be between four and five consecutive days exceeding 30 degrees, something unusual in April.
Uncertainty from Wednesday
As of Wednesday, the evolution of a atlantic storm will mark the course of time. Although the most likely scenario suggests that the heat will persist, some instability is not ruled out.
If current forecasts hold true, storms and showers would continue on Wednesday in the east and northeast, while Looking ahead to Thursday they could spread throughout the entire peninsulastill weak. It would be at the end of the week when instability could worsen throughout the country.