The intense heat of recent days is beginning to subside in Spain, although this Monday they still remain yellow warnings for high temperatures in six provinces: Seville, Córdoba, Jaén, Huelva, Albacete and Madridwith maximum values of up to 39 degrees between 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., depending on the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).
In Andalusia, the alerts affect Seville, Córdoba, Jaén and Huelva, where temperatures of between 36 and 39 degrees are expected, especially in the countryside of Seville and Cordoba, the Guadalquivir valley in Jaén, Sierra Morena, El Condado and the Huelva coast.
In Castilla-La Mancha, the warning is limited to Albacete, with maximums around 36 degrees in La Mancha of Albacete. In the Community of Madridthe yellow level is activated in southern areas, Las Vegas, the metropolitan area and the Henares corridor, with values of up to 36 degrees.
Weather forecast: drop in temperatures and strong storms
According to meteorologist Samuel Biener, from Meteored, the beginning of the climatological summer arrives with a progressive decrease in temperaturesalthough the heat will continue to be intense in the south of the peninsula. The passing of fronts and atlantic troughs It will also favor the appearance of alllocally strong storms in several communities.
Biener points out that throughout the week the circulation of storms in the North Atlantic will be reactivated, which will allow the entry of slightly cooler air massesespecially in the north of the peninsula. This situation will be accompanied by the passage of fronts and waves at height that will leave precipitation and showers.
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This Monday, showers are expected in the Pyrenees and more isolated in mountain areas. On Tuesday, the instability will increase with rains in Galicia, the Cantabrian coast, Navarra and the Pyreneesin addition to storms in the afternoon in the northeast of Catalonia.
Wednesday will be a calmer day, with scattered rainfall in the north of Alicante, south of Valencia, Catalonia and the eastern Cantabrian Sea, while in the afternoon a front will leave weak rains in Galicia.
Between Thursday and Friday, according to Biener, a new wave in height will reactivate the showers and storms in Galicia, the Cantabrian coast, the Iberian system, the Pyrenees and areas of the eastern peninsula, with special intensity in Catalonia, Castellón, Teruel, Balearic Islands and the south of the Gulf of Valencia.
Looking ahead to the weekend, the passage of another trough with new rainfall in Galicia and an increase in instability in the north and eastern mountain areas, although with some uncertainty in the evolution.
Thursday will be the least warm day of the week
Regarding temperatures, the meteorologist points out that they will tend to normalize in the north of the peninsula, while in the south and interior east they will continue to be above average. Thursday could be least warm day of the weekwith values around 35 degrees in Seville and Malagaabout 33 in Albacete, Jaén and Murcia, and temperatures below 20 degrees in northern cities such as Pamplona and Vitoria.