Madrid (EFE) State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
Highs of 38 degrees could be exceeded in large areas of the interior of the peninsula, in Mallorca it will be between 40-42 degrees and in areas of the interior of the southern half of the peninsula it will exceed 40 degrees, according to predictions.
The maximum temperatures will be above normal in a general way, and the hot days will be Monday and Tuesday, with tropical nights above 20 degrees and even locally above 25 degrees in the southeastern half, especially in the southeastern third. and in the Balearic Islands.
At the moment, a ridge -an extension of an anticyclone- located to the east of the peninsula in the vicinity of Tunisia, induces a flow with a southern component in the eastern half of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, and is introducing a mass of Saharan air with probable dust in suspension increasing temperatures, according to Aemet.
rising temperatures
In the coming days, the movement of this ridge to the west is expected to bring the very warm air mass closer to a good part of the peninsula except to the northwest and north, which, together with the stability and high insolation typical of the season it will give rise with an 80 percent probability to a heat wave episode.
The temperatures will rise in the coming days and on Sunday it is likely that they will reach 40 degrees locally in the central part of the Guadalquivir valley, 36-38 degrees in areas of the southern and inland plateau of the Balearic Islands and 36 degrees in the Ebro valley.
More than 42 degrees in the Guadalquivir Valley
During Monday, temperatures will rise clearly in a large part of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with maximum temperatures above normal in a general way, exceeding 38 degrees in large areas of the interior of the peninsula and Mallorca and 40 degrees in areas of the interior of the southern half of the peninsula and even 44 degrees at points in the Guadalquivir valley.
The temperatures will remain very high during Tuesday, although with some changes. The intensification of the wind from the west and southwest will cause a new ascent in the eastern peninsula and the Ebro valley, where, as in Mallorca, temperatures can reach 40-42 degrees; on the contrary, the values will drop in the west and north of the peninsula.
On the other hand, in the Guadalquivir valley very high temperatures will remain, exceeding 42 degrees, according to predictions.
By Wednesday the 12th, it is likely that it will cool down in the northern half and center of the peninsula, mainly in the Ebro valley, as well as in the Balearic Islands, but not in the southern third where temperatures will continue to be very high.
As for the Canary Islands, it is likely that the Saharan air mass will also affect the archipelago from Monday or Tuesday, giving rise to an episode of high temperatures that is still too early to determine whether or not it constitutes a heat wave.
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