Aemet this Tuesday expanded the provinces with red alerts at extreme risk due to high temperatures from three to nine for this Wednesday when the heat wave will peak: in the southern half of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, in areas of the valley the Guadalquivir de Jaén and the Morena and Condado regions (also in this province), the inland area of Bizkaia and Guipuzkoa in the Basque Country; the countryside of Cordoba; the Genil Basin in Granada; the north of the province of Burgos and some areas of the province of Cuenca. At this level, the highest of the three warnings, it is recommended not to engage in activities that involve going outside in the middle of the day.
The third heatwave of the summer started gaining strength this Tuesday. The temperature record was registered this Tuesday by Mérida with a thermometer of 43.7° (on Monday it reached 44.6° and Badajoz 44.8°). The second highest temperatures of the day were measured at 43.2° at Córdoba Airport; Ecija, with 42.8°; and Olvera with 42.5°.
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Extremadura, Valladolid, Zamora, the south of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, a large part of Andalusia and the west of Castilla-La Mancha are in force in the orange warning from 13:00 to 19:00 due to a very high risk due to high temperatures: 00:00 It is recommended to go for walks in the middle hours of the day, since the temperature has exceeded 40°. Due to the extreme health hazard due to the high temperatures, the Cordoba countryside is already on alert. In the Guadalquivir Valley, in the Sevillian countryside, 43° was reached. And skies in the south of the peninsula were affected by the daytime dust that hung in the air, worsening air quality. Temperatures were expected to rise by between 6° and 8° compared to Monday, when it was 37° and 38° in the south-west and center of the peninsula.
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As Aemet warns, Wednesday will start with a very warm early morning with lows between 22° and 25°. During the day, maximum temperatures between 5° and 10° above normal prevail in large parts of the centre, the south and the Mediterranean; and at other points in the south and much of the northern third they will be between 10° and 15° higher than usual at this time.
In the interior of the peninsula it will reach 38° and 40°, in the southern half and in the middle 40° and 42°. The orange warning of significant risk will reach 29 provinces on Wednesday, except for the Coasts, the Cantabrian Mountains, the Pyrenees and the province of León, which will remain on the yellow warning (low risk). In the second half of the day, dry storms are likely to hit much of the interior of the peninsula, which can cause strong gusts of wind and sudden temperature drops. On the other hand, sudden drops in temperature and strong gusts of wind are also expected on the Cantabrian coast. Aemet has issued a coastal storm warning for the late afternoon and early evening hours.
⚠️ Red alert (extreme danger) for maximum temperatures in the Autonomous Community of Madrid and the province of Jaén for Wednesday. In Madrid, the temperature can exceed 42-43 °C, in Jaén even 44 °C. Orange Significant Danger Warnings (38 to 42°C) are in place over most of the peninsula. pic.twitter.com/n95hXLsr1u
– AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) August 7, 2023
On Thursday, the temperature drop already seen in the west of the peninsula is likely to spread inland and to the rest of the peninsula in the following days. The temperatures remain high, but milder than in the previous days. The uncertainty of the atmospheric evolution is not as high as in the previous days and according to the latest information from the numerical models, Friday 11th will probably be the last day of this heat wave.
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