He heat peak of this week will arrive in the next few hours when it is scheduled that in the Guadalquivir valley that approach 40 degrees “for the first time this year”. They will register Midsummer temperatures, in many cases between five and ten degrees higher than normal for these dates, according to the prediction of the spokesperson for the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), Rubén del Campo. However, Instability will return in the north and northeast of the peninsula starting Friday with a valley, from which a little DANA and colder air at altitude.
For days, Del Campo points out that the Thursday will dawn with tropical nights in points in the center and south, as well as on the Mediterranean coast. During the day. Temperatures will exceed 34ºC in parts of the interior of Catalonia and in the center and south of the Peninsula generally. In a good part of Extremadura, southern Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia, temperatures will exceed 36ºC and in the Guadalquivir Valley and in points in the interior of the province of Huelva it will be around 38 or 40ºC.
From Friday, The thermometers will register “generally more normal values for this time of year in general, although still hot in central and southern areas,” indicates the AEMET spokesperson. Temperatures will drop on Friday in much of the north and east of the Peninsula, as well as in the Balearic Islands. The decrease could be notable in some areas, reaching up to 6 or 8 degrees less with respect to the values of the previous day.. In the interior of the Cantabrian communities it will not reach 20ºC, while in the rest of the northern half of the peninsula and in the eastern third it will exceed 25ºC.
The warmest area will once again be the southwest of the peninsula, where there could even be a slight rebound in the Guadalquivir. Thus, in Extremadura, western Castilla-La Mancha and in a good part of Andalusia, temperatures will rise above 20ºC that day and during the afternoon they will exceed 34ºC. In the Guadalquivir Valley, temperatures could exceed 38 to 40ºC, especially in the provinces of Córdoba and Jaén. These temperatures are not ruled out in parts of the Guadiana Valley in the province of Huelva either.
Regarding rainfall, there could be showers in the extreme north of the Peninsula, points in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, without ruling out some showers in the afternoon in mountain areas in the interior of the peninsula. There could also be dry storms, which are those that do not carry significant rainfall, being mostly very weak. However, these storms are accompanied by electrical appliances and strong gusts of wind.
During the weekend Temperatures will continue to drop, although more lightly, in the southern half of the Peninsula. On the other hand, they will rise, also slightly, in the north of the peninsula and in the Mediterranean area. So, It will be around 20 to 22ºC in the Cantabrian communities and it will be hot, but less than in previous days, with 30ºC or more in much of the northeast, center and south of the Peninsula, and 34ºC or more in the Tagus, Guadiana and Guadalquivir valleys. Additionally, they will register showers in the Eastern Cantabrian Sea and the Pyrenees and in isolation in mountainous environments in the east and south of the Peninsula, with the possibility of dry storms again. At the same time, the rest of the territory will have slightly cloudy skies. As for next week, the AEMET spokesperson It is anticipated that it will begin with rising temperatures and the possibility of isolated storms in mountain areas.
DANA in sight?
For its part, Eltiempo.es indicates that on Friday instability will increase in the north and northeast of the peninsula with a trough, from which a small DANA could hang and colder air at altitude that will favor some storms in the northeast and east of the peninsula. That day, there will be an almost generalized temperature drop, which It will be between 6ºC and 8ºC in the northern plateau, interior of the Valencian Community and Murcia, south of Teruel, interior of Barcelona and Mallorca. However, in the south of Extremadura, Huelva, Seville, Córdoba and Jaén no changes are expected, so it is very likely that values of more than 35ºC or 36ºC will occur again. During the weekend the descents will arrive in all these areas. It will be hot, but it will be more bearable, since the maximum temperatures will be closer to 32ºC or 34ºC in areas of the southwest.