The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has issued a Red alert for extreme heat in Cantabria and the Basque Countrywhere temperatures of over 40 degrees are expected. In addition, on the coast of these communities, in the afternoon there will be gale, with strong winds and a sudden drop in temperature. Nine other regions have areas under orange alert for the same reason. In Bilbao, temperatures will reach a maximum of 42 degreesin Córdoba, Toledo and Zaragoza at 41, and in Jaén, Granada, Ciudad Real, Lleida, Pamplona, and Logroño at 40. Badajoz, Burgos, Cáceres, Guadalajara, Madrid, Orense, Seville, Valladolid, Vitoria and Zamora also hover around 39 degrees maximum today.
11 communities on heat alert
The warnings will be upgraded to important ones Madrid, Navarre, La Rioja and AlavaThere will be extreme warnings (red) in Cantabria and the Basque Countryin Guipúzoca and Vizcaya. The heat will also activate alerts in Andalusia (Cordoba and Jaen), Aragon (being important in Zaragoza), Asturias (significant risk), Balearics (Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera), Castile and Leon (Ávila, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora, with Burgos at significant risk), Castile-La Mancha (Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca and Guadalajara, with Toledo on important notice), Catalonia (Tarragona and important in Lérida), Extremadura, Galicia (Lugo and Ourense) and Canary Islands (Gran Canaria).
Temperatures drop in the afternoon
In general, temperatures will remain high in most of the Peninsula, the Balearic Islands and inland areas of the Canary Islands, but the rise in temperatures will be “truly extraordinary” in the upper Ebro, Cantabria, the Basque Country and Navarre. Although maximum temperatures will still increase, and in a notable and locally extraordinary way in the Cantabrian Sea, will descend markedly in the west from the afternoon onwards, due to the entry of an Atlantic air mass, beginning to dampen the heat wave. Even so, temperatures will exceed 35 degrees in much of the interior of the southern half and northeast of the peninsula, areas of the northern plateau and the archipelagos, and even 40 degrees in depressions on the southern and northeast Atlantic slopes, Cantabria, the Basque Country and Navarre.
Strong storms in these areas
On the other hand, Rain and storms will put Huesca and Zaragoza at risk, the storm will increase to major in Asturias, and storms will put Barcelona, Gerona and Lérida at risk. Clear skies and stable weather will continue to prevail in much of the country. However, some low clouds are expected in the morning, which could cause fog in areas such as the Strait of Gibraltar, southern Alboran, western Cantabria and northern and western Galicia.
In addition, AEMET predicts the formation of daytime cloudiness in mountains and large areas of the northern and eastern halves of the peninsula, with the possibility of isolated thunderstorms. These storms, accompanied by strong gusts of windwill be more likely in the mountains of the north and southeast, especially in the Cantabrian Mountains and the Pyrenees, where they could be intense..
In the Canary Islands, clear skies will predominate, although there will be intervals of low clouds in the north of the islands with higher relief and some developing clouds inland, although the occasional shower could occur. Intervals of medium clouds could also appear in the south of the archipelago.
In addition, there is a possibility that there is Calima in the interior of the peninsula and the Canary Islands, being more likely in the south and the Alboran area.
The weather next week
Some changes are coming tomorrow, Monday. The passage of an Atlantic trough through the Peninsula will bring a falling temperatures and an increase in instability with storms spread across the territory.
On Tuesday the showers could be intense in Aragon, Catalonia, the interior of the Valencian Community, north and east of Castile and Leon, La Rioja, Navarre and the Cantabrian Mountainsaffecting other points in the centre and east in a more scattered manner.
In addition, according to Meteored, some scenarios do not rule out the possibility of a DANA in the Mediterranean between Tuesday and Wednesday.