May says goodbye with an atmosphere more typical of July. Spain is experiencing a week marked by a intense heat episode that, far from softening, intensifies since Wednesday. The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) alert for unusually high temperatures for these dates, with records between 5 and 10 degrees above usual. In some areas of the southeast peninsular thermometers could reach 40 degrees, while the tropical nights They will begin to spread throughout a good part of the country.
“We are immersed in a warm episode with midsummer temperatures at the end of May,” insisted the AEMET spokesperson, Rubén del Campo, who also confirmed that This abnormal situation will continueat least, throughout the week.
Heat warning map: Which communities are on alert today?
The thermal escalation will be progressivereaching its peak starting in the middle of the week and extending into the next weekend. This Tuesday four autonomous communities —Extremadura, Cantabria, Basque Country and the Canary Islands— have activated the yellow warning due to high temperatures, with maximum temperatures that will range between 34 and 38 degrees.
In Estremadura The yellow alert affects areas of the Vegas del Guadianain the province of Badajoz, where thermometers can reach up to 38 degrees. In the northern half of the peninsula, the Basque Country and Cantabria They also maintain the yellow notice for Maximum temperatures that will reach 34 degrees.
In Canary Islandss, the islands of Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura will record values of up to 35 degrees, with low probability of achieving the goals locally. 37 degrees in inland areas and 34 degrees in the northern midlands of Gran Canaria; In Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, high temperatures will mainly affect inland areas.
Aside from the heat, the province of Cadizin Andalusia, remains in yellow notice by strong gusts of wind between 70 and 80 kilometers per hour, as well as adverse coastal phenomena, with easterly winds of 50 to 61 kilometers per hour (force 7) west of Tarifa and offshore south of Trafalgar.
The weather on Wednesday: Where do temperatures rise the most?
Starting Wednesday, the heat will intensify and spread throughout almost the entire Peninsula, it will dawn with tropical nightsabove 20° in points of the Mediterranean area, Andalusia and Extremadura. During the day, the mercury will exceed 34° in the interior of the Cantabrian communities, the northeast, the central area and the southern half. Cities like Bilbao or Zaragoza will exceed 36°while in Seville and Córdoba will reach 37° and Badajoz will touch 40°.
Thursday and Friday forecast: When will peak heat be reached?
Thursday is shaping up to be “a exceptionally warm day for the month of Maywith values in much of Spain typical of midsummer“, assured Rubén del Campo. Madrid will experience a tropical night and then stagnate in some asphyxiating 35 °C in the shadows, a figure that will also be shared by usually cooler capitals such as Palencia, Zamora or Bilbao. In the south, Seville will reach 40 °C and Badajoz could even exceed it.
The Mediterranean coast will remain somewhat more contained, with Barcelona and Castellón hovering around 32 °Cand Málaga and Almería around 30 °C.
Although On Friday the extreme heat pattern will repeatFor Saturday and Sunday, the meteorological models point to two scenarios. The most likely thing is that the fully summer atmosphere will be maintained in most of Spain, although there is a glimpse of a possible thermal decrease limited to the northern third. In addition, the atmosphere will begin to become unstable, facilitating the appearance of storms in mountain areas in the north and east of the peninsula.