This Saturday is the seventh consecutive day of heat wave, which is expected to lengthen at least until next Thursday. For today, extreme heat is expected to follow, yes, with storms and probably strong showers in the environment of the Iberian system, Pyrenees and surrounding areas, which can be accompanied by very strong winding.
The State Meteorology Agency (Aemet) maintains notices due to high temperatures: Andalusia, Aragon, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia and Madrid have orange notice (important danger), while Navarra, Basque Country, La Rioja and Valencian Community have yellow warning (low danger). (Extraordinary danger), specifically in Gran Canaria; On Sunday this notice also extends to Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Tenerife. The island of Gran Canaria is in red warning due to high temperatures this Saturday, with maxims of 40 degrees, according to Aemet, the most delicate situation will be in the east, south and west areas of the island especially affecting Mediaías and the Tejeda account. The minimums in these areas will barely fall from 28-30 degrees.
Likewise, the provinces that will be at heat level are Córdoba, Jaén, Huesca, Zaragoza, Ávila, Valladolid, Zamora, Ciudad Real, Toledo, Lleida, Badajoz, Cáceres, Ourense, Pontevedra, Madrid, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and Tenerife. The maximum temperatures of 40ºC will be given in Badajoz, Cáceres, Córdoba and Jaén. The rest of the notices for high temperatures for this Saturday will be given in La Rioja, Álava, Navarra, Lugo, Tarragona, Albacete, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Teruel, Granada and Sevilla.
Since last Tuesday, the Canary Islands have registered a clear ascending trend of the temperatures that will continue all week, and it is expected that the peak of the episode will occur between Saturday and Monday. 40 degrees can be exceeded on the four islands with notice. .
This Saturday moderate descents are expected in the Peninsular North and promotions in the southwest third. They will be maintained above 20 degrees in most of the country, except in the peninsular north and mountains and can be exceeded locally 25 degrees in the Mediterranean, depressions of the southwest and especially in the Canary Islands.
In addition, isolated storms that will move to areas of the central and north system of the Iberian system may be formed. The main risk will not be rain, but wind gusts, which at some points could be very strong. For Sunday in the northern peninsular, Catalan coastlines and southwest third. It is expected to reach 40 or 42 degrees in the valleys of the southwest quadrant, and the 40 degrees in the Ebro Valley and depressions of the Northeast.
Yesterday, the highest maxims were recorded in Candeleda (Province of Ávila) with 42.3 degrees and Arganda del Rey (Madrid) and Oropesa (Toledo) with 41.8.
For the first days of next week. On Wednesday there will still be abnormally high temperatures and it is likely that from Thursday 14 there is a thermal decrease, says the Aemet. Even so, the heat will continue, “but less extreme,” he says. In the Canary Islands there will also be temperatures higher than normal. In addition to rainfall – it is mostly through storms; In the northern half they could be locally strong.
However, this truce will last little, according to forecasts. The Aemet mentions that the week of August 18 to 24 will probably become warmer than normal in most of the Peninsula, except in the southwest. Balearic Islands would also record temperatures higher than usual for the date. Chubascos may occur in areas of the interior of the territory, although there is greater uncertainty in terms of rainfall.
