The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) This Tuesday, the orange warning for significant risk was activated in seven autonomous communities due to the start of a new episode of extreme temperatures. Communities like Andalusia, Aragon, Balearic Islands, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Region of Murcia and the Valencian Community will register maximums that will touch or exceed the 41°C. Added to this suffocating thermal scenario is marked atmospheric instability starting in the afternoon, with tstorms, hot blowouts, hail and muddy rains
In Andalusiathe orange alert affects the provinces of Almería, Córdoba, Granada and Jaén, where temperatures of between 40 and 41 degrees. In the rest of the community the warning is yellow for maximums of between 36 and 38 degrees.
In the northeast of the peninsula, all Aragontogether with the provinces of Lleida and Tarragona (Catalonia)continues at the orange level due to temperatures that will reach between 37 and 39 degrees.
On the Mediterranean coast, the Murcia Region and the province of Valencia remain under an orange warning due to heat, with expected maximums of between 40 and 41 degrees. In Balearicsthe orange alert is limited to Mallorca, where thermometers could reach 39 degrees.
Castile-La Mancha also maintains the orange notice, especially in the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real and Cuencawhere up to 40 degrees. The rest of the community remains in the yellow level due to temperatures between 34 and 38 degrees. For its part, the Community of Madrid and the autonomous city of Ceuta They are under a yellow warning due to heat, with maximum temperatures between 36 and 38 degrees.
Furthermore, the province of Valencia, Guadalajara, Toledo and the Region of Murcia The yellow warning has been activated stormswhile To Coruña It is maintained by coastal phenomena.
Dry storms, hail and thermal blowouts
Along with the very high temperatures, Meteored warns about the rapid development of storm cores starting at 5:00 p.m. The greatest instability will be concentrated between the province of Valencia, the east of Albacete and the north and west of the Region of Murcia, although it is not ruled out that the storms reach other areas of the eastern third of the Peninsula in a more isolated manner.
The main risk associated with these storms will be strong gales and the possible blowoutsphenomena that can generate very intense gusts of wind capable of locally exceeding 80 or 90 kilometers per hour, reports the meteorological portal. These gusts could cause falling branches, material damage and specific problems in the affected areas.
Likewise, the presence of suspended dust will favor the appearance of muddy rain. Meteored reports that the European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESTOFEX) also warns of the probability of hail greater than 2 centimeters in diameter between Valencia and Albacete.
Extreme risk of fires throughout the country
Remarkable electrical activity is also expected in some points, coinciding with a situation of very high or extreme risk of forest fires in large areas of the interior of the eastern peninsula.
High temperatures and gusts of wind are a breeding ground for fires and their rapid spread, as has happened in the province of Guadalajara, which has already affected more than thirty municipalities and whose perimeter has exceeded 120 kilometers.
The extreme risk of forest fires is going to spread in the coming days. The official AEMET maps show numerous sectors with very high or extreme levels, especially in the interior of the peninsula, the Ebro valley, the northeast and southern areas. The most notable evolution appears between today and Thursday and progressively expands towards the Plateau and other areas of the center and west of the peninsula.