Extreme heat awaits Europe this week. A massive influx of hot air from the Sahara has already settled over the Iberian Peninsula and gradually hit the south and west of France, where it drove temperatures well above 30 °C, the website reports.
By the middle of the week, this hot front will move further northeast. By Friday, the maximum temperatures in Germany, Italy and the neighboring Czech Republic should reach the 35 °C mark. These will be extraordinary extremes, as these values exceed the climate average from 1991 to 2020 by 9 to 13 degrees. In addition, tropical weather will not be avoided even in the usually colder Great Britain, where temperatures close to the thirties are expected in the south and east of England.
The weather service warns that at the turn of this week and next week extreme temperatures are expected in Western Europe. Forecast models indicate that temperatures will exceed 40 °C over a large area. In Spain and France, temperatures can even exceed 45 degrees Celsius in places. These values are up to 20 °C higher than the average for this time of year.
After the heat wave, the situation should calm down. Meteorologists predict that more significant cooling and relief from high temperatures will gradually arrive in most of the territory from Tuesday (June 23).
