The heat returns with force to Spain this week, with temperatures which will rise again, reaching up to 40ºC in several regions of the country. The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has activated warnings in five autonomous communities due to high temperatures, with special attention to the southern plateau, Andalusia and the Canary Islands. In addition, Andalusia and the Canary Islands are also on yellow alert for storms.
This Tuesday the heat warnings affect Cordoba, Huelva and Jaen (Andalusia); Avila (Castile and Leon); Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo (Castile-La Mancha); Badajoz and Caceres (Estremadura); Sierra de Madrid, Metropolitana and Henares and South, Vegas and West (Community of Madrid); and Gran Canaria (Canary Islands).
In the Cordoba mountains and Pedroches (Cordoba), the maximum temperatures will be up to 39 degrees and also in the countryside, as well as in other areas of Andalusia such as Andévalo and the Condado area (Huelva) and the Guadalquivir valley, Cazorla, Segura, Morena and the Condado region (Jaén). Castile and Leonthe south of Ávila is on alert for temperatures of up to 36 degrees. Also large areas of Castile-La Mancha are under heat warning, with highs that could reach 40 degrees in the Guadiana Valley in Ciudad Real and in the Alcudia and Madrona mountain ranges, and these thresholds will also be reached in the Tajo Valley in Toledo.
Both provinces of Estremadura are on alert for temperatures of 38 degrees in large areas and up to 39 in the Guadiana plains (Badajoz). The Community of Madrid There are also yellow warnings for heat, with highs of up to 37 degrees in the Aranjuez plain. In the Canary Islands, temperatures will reach 34 degrees in Gran Canaria.
Showers and thunderstorms in these areas
In it Almanzora Valley and Los Velez (Almeria) Storms are expected, which may be locally accompanied by strong gusts of wind. And in the Canary Islands, storms are expected showers and thunderstormsespecially on mountainous islands, where the trade wind will blow strongly. On the other hand, The haze will continue to be present in the midlands and peaks of the Canary Islands, but with a tendency to decrease.
In general, the weather will be stable with partly cloudy skies or high clouds in the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. However, in the north of Galicia and the Cantabrian area, a Atlantic front inactive Cloudiness will increase and leave light precipitation, more abundant in the mountains. During the afternoon, cloudiness will develop in inland areas of the southeast quadrant, with possible occasional showers or storms in the eastern Iberian Peninsula and the southeast mountain ranges. Possible dry storms in the eastern half of Andalusia and some areas of Castilla-La Mancha.
Weather forecast for the next few days
For Wednesday, AEMET forecasts stable weather in most of the country, although cloudy intervals are expected in Galicia and the Cantabrian area. Light precipitation tending to less throughout the day. There will also be intervals of low clouds in the morning in surrounding areas to the south, as well as in Valencia, the Strait, Alboran, with probable morning fog banks and, in the east of Catalonia, without ruling out isolated showers. In the afternoon, there will be cloudiness developing in Castilla-La Mancha and neighbouring provinces, as well as in inland Andalusia and eastern Catalonia, with possible occasional showers and storms, more likely and intense in eastern La Mancha and surrounding areas.
Maximum temperatures will rise in the northwest and in the Strait of Gibraltar, while they will fall in the Canary Islands, Andalusia and the interior of the southeast of the peninsula. Thermometers will exceed 36 degrees in large areas of the southern Atlantic coast, as well as in southern Galicia and southern Gran Canaria. Minimum temperatures will rise in the Cantabrian Sea and the Catalan coast. Cities in Extremadura such as Badajoz will reach 41 degrees and 39 in CáceresIn Jaén and Seville (Andalusia) the maximum temperatures will reach 37 degrees, and also in Castilla-La Mancha, specifically in Toledo and Ciudad Real.
New episode of rain
Looking ahead to the weekend, it is possible that a Deeper trough advances from the Atlantic, accompanied by a new front that will cross the Peninsula, according to eltiempo.es. This could generate showers and storms in more areas and could also gain intensity. The most affected areas would be the central and eastern part of the Peninsula, without ruling out the Balearic Islands. The largest accumulations would be concentrated in Aragon, Catalonia and the interior of Castellónwhere temperatures could exceed 40 or 50 litres per square metre. With the arrival of this trough, temperatures will drop, especially in the north of the Peninsula.