Spain will radically change its wardrobe in a matter of days. After a few unusually cold days for the season, the country is now facing a sharp rise in temperature. As reported by Rubén Del Campo, spokesperson for the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), atmospheric stability will favor a midsummer atmospherewith records that will exceed 30 °C and even touch 38 °C in some points.
The heat will not arrive suddenly, but gradually, spreading from south to north throughout the week.
During this Tuesday and Wednesday Stable weather will predominate in almost the entire country. They just wait light rains in the extreme northin addition to some showers in mountain areas of Catalonia, Aragon and the north of the Valencian Community. The temperatures already Today they will exceed 30 °C in the Ebro Valley, in the interior of the Valencian Community, Murcia and southern Andalusia.
On Wednesday, the thermal rebound will reach the center of the peninsula and the northeast, with cities such as Madrid, Lleida or Cáceres around 30 °C. ANDn Badajoz could reach 34 °C and in the Guadalquivir valley it will reach 36 °C.
When will the peak heat of 38°C be reached?
On Thursday and Friday the summer atmosphere will be consolidatedexcept for some showers in mountain areas in the north and east of the peninsula. On Thursday, even the interior of Galicia and Castilla y León will exceed the 30 °C barrier.
On Friday we will experience high point of this episode. Cities of the northern plateau such as Valladolid or Zamora could register 34 °Cvalues similar to those of just like Madrid and Toledo.Zaragoza, Granada, Córdoba or Murcia will climb to the 35°C, while The peninsular “oven” will be located in Badajoz and Sevillewhere the thermometers will register maximums between 36°C and 38°C.
The heat will not let up at night either.. Southern towns such as Málaga or Almería, and later points in the center of the peninsula, will experience the first tropical nights of the yeardays in which the thermometer will not drop below 20 °C.
Uncertainty for the weekend: Heat or storms due to a DANA?
Looking ahead to the weekend, some scenarios maintain heat and stable weather across the country, while others point to a increased instabilitywith showers in the northern half and a cooler atmosphere overall.
According to Meteored, the main weather models They contemplate the possible formation of a DANA near the Peninsula. Depending on your final position, it could translate into intense storms that today would be more likely in the north, or on the contrary, further reinforce the entry of warm air.