Madrid, Jul 16 (EFE).- Temperatures will be significantly high in much of the interior of the peninsula and in the Balearic Islands, the State Meteorological Agency has announced, which has also warned of the probability of storms in areas of the eastern third associated with gusts of very strong wind.
Cloudy intervals are expected in the Bay of Biscay and northern Galicia, with some light rains; some cloudy intervals also in the Levante area, the Balearic Islands and the Strait area; and slightly cloudy or clear skies in the rest of the Peninsula, although with daytime cloudiness in the interior of the eastern third, where a shower or storm that could be accompanied by very strong gusts of wind is not ruled out.
In the Canary Islands, intervals of low clouds to the north of the islands, with a probability of some light rain in the higher relief, and little cloudy skies in the south.
Rising temperatures in most of the country, except in the Canary Islands, where they will remain with little change.
North component wind in Galicia; east component in the Mediterranean area, with east in the Strait; from the northeast in the Balearic and Canary Islands; and of variable direction in the rest.
PREDICTION BY COMMUNITIES:
GALICIA: In the northeast, intervals of low clouds, with probable drizzle or light and scattered rains in the far north of Lugo. In the rest, some intervals of low clouds at the beginning of the day, with mists and some morning fog banks inside, and little cloudiness the rest of the day. Minimum temperatures on the rise, light on the coast; maximums also on the rise, notable in large areas of the south and slight in the north of Lugo. Light winds from the north and northeast, which will increase in intensity on the coast during the afternoon.
ASTURIAS: Cloudy intervals without ruling out some weak and scattered precipitation, more likely in the eastern end. Inside, mists and some fog banks at the beginning and end of the day. Minimum temperatures slightly increasing in the western half and with little change in the rest. Maximum temperatures on the rise, light on the coast. Light winds from the north and northeast that, on the coast, will turn to the east and increase in intensity in the afternoon.
CANTABRIA: Intervals of low clouds at first decreasing to little cloudy or clear. Scattered mists in high areas of the interior at the beginning and end of the day. Minimum temperatures with few changes and increasing maximums, less pronounced on the coast. Variable light winds with a predominance of the northern component, more intense on the coast in the afternoon.
BASQUE COUNTRY: Cloudy intervals decreasing to slightly cloudy or clear. Scattered mists in high areas of the interior at the beginning and end of the day. Rising temperatures, more pronounced in the highs. Loose winds from the north component.
CASTILLA Y LEÓN: Slightly cloudy or clear, with morning banks of low clouds in the Cantabrian and extreme northeast. Some evolution cloudiness may grow in the extreme southeast, where scattered dry storms are not ruled out. Slight presence of haze. Rising minimum temperatures in the mountainous systems, notable in the Central System, and with few changes in the Plateau. Highs in notable rise. Variable winds of light to moderate intensity. During stormy events, strong gusts may be recorded.
NAVARRE: Slightly cloudy or clear with intervals of low clouds in the northern third in the early and late hours, which could be accompanied by some morning mist in high areas. Minimum temperatures with few changes and increasing maximums. The maximum temperatures will be significantly high in the Ribera del Ebro. Variable light winds with a predominance of the northern component.
LA RIOJA: Morning banks of low clouds in the Rioja Alta and westernmost massifs of the Iberian, with the probable formation of local mists and mists. The rest of the day there will be little cloudy or clear skies. Slight presence of haze. Rising temperatures, light in the minimum and significant in the maximum. In La Rioja Baja they can reach 36-37 degrees. Variable light wind, prevailing from the northwest in the early hours of the valley.
ARAGÓN: Slightly cloudy or clear skies, with intervals of low morning cloudiness in areas of the Ebro depression. In the afternoon, cloudiness of daytime evolution in the Iberian System, without ruling out some isolated storm that could be accompanied by very strong gusts of wind , most likely in the southwest of Teruel. Generalized rising temperatures, locally notable, with maximums that will reach 37-39 degrees in large areas. Variable light wind at first, with northwest in the Ebro valley; from noon it will tend to moderate south in the Iberian region of Teruel, and to the east and southeast in the rest, with moderate intervals in the Ebro valley.
CATALONIA: Slightly cloudy or clear skies, with intervals of low cloudiness and probable mists in the southern half of Tarragona in the morning. Minimum temperatures with few changes, with significantly high values in coastal areas; rising maximums, light on the coast and more pronounced in the interior, where significantly high values will be reached, of 37-39 degrees in the central depression. Variable light wind tending to the southeast at noon, more reinforced in the interior of the southern third in the afternoon.
EXTREMADURA: Clear sky. Presence of haze Rising temperatures; in the case of the minimum it will be more significant in mountainous areas of the north of Cáceres and Villuercas and Montánchez, experiencing a notable increase in the maximum. Generalized values around 38 degrees, reaching 40 in Las Vegas del Guadiana, Siberia Extremeña and the Barros and Serena area. Southwest or variable wind, loose.
MADRID: Little cloudy or clear. Some haze is not ruled out at high levels. Rising temperatures, more pronounced in the highs. Variable light wind predominantly from the southwest with moderate intervals in the afternoon.
CASTILLA – LA MANCHA: Intervals of low clouds at dawn in the extreme southeast with some morning mists; intervals of evolutionary cloudiness and high clouds in the eastern third of the Community, with the probability of some storms, which may be associated with very strong gusts. Little cloudy or clear in the rest. Some calima in height is not ruled out. Rising temperatures, more pronounced that of the maximum, which will be notable in the western end of the Tagus and Guadiana valleys. Variable light wind with a predominance of the southern component and that will be locally moderate in the afternoon.
VALENCIAN COMMUNITY: Predominance of slightly cloudy or clear skies, with intervals of low cloudiness and probable mists in the morning, preferably on the coast and pre-coastal. Minimum temperatures rising in the interior of the northern half and unchanged in the rest, with significantly higher values in coastal areas; rising maximums, light on the coast and more pronounced inland. Variable light wind tending to the eastern component at noon, more reinforced on the Alicante coast.
MURCIA: Slightly cloudy or clear skies, except for intervals of low clouds and morning mists on the coast, and evolutionary cloudiness in the afternoon in the Northwestern mountains. Minimum temperatures unchanged or locally decreasing; rising highs. East component winds.
BALEARIC ISLANDS: Slightly cloudy or clear skies, with some interval of low clouds until morning. Mists and dust in suspension. Nighttime temperatures with few changes and increasing daytime temperatures. Generally light wind from the east and northeast with coastal breezes.
ANDALUSIA: Slightly cloudy or clear skies, with low clouds and morning mists on the Mediterranean coast and daytime cloudiness in the eastern mountains, where a storm is not ruled out. Rising temperatures, except for maximums without changes or falling on the western Mediterranean coast and Campo de Gribraltar. East component winds on the Mediterranean slope and Cádiz; weak variables in the rest, tending towards the western component in the afternoon and worsening.
CANARY ISLANDS: In the north of the mountainous islands, cloudy skies predominate with a low probability of scattered and occasional light rains in the midlands in the early hours. In the rest of the areas, little cloudy or clear with intervals in the north and west of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. Temperatures with few changes or a slight drop in the minimum in the southern and western midlands of the western islands. Northeast wind, occasionally strong on the southeast and northwest slopes and with breezes on the southwest coasts of the mountainous islands; in summits, variable light wind tending to east component in the afternoon. EFE
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