Spain Braces for 44°C-Plus Temperatures, Warns of 'Extraordinary Danger'
AEMET said the heatwave has a 70% chance of peaking Thursday, with wildfire danger rising to extreme levels and nights staying unusually warm.
- The Spanish State Meteorological Agency issued a Special Adverse Weather Bulletin warning that an intense heatwave began Tuesday, July 21, and is expected to intensify through Thursday, July 23.
- An atmospheric blocking pattern combined with a cut-off low west of the Iberian Peninsula is funneling hot, dry Saharan air across Spain and the Balearic Islands, producing exceptionally high temperatures.
- The agency assigned a 70% probability to the event in the Guadalquivir Valley and Ebro Valley, where temperatures in southeastern inland Spain may locally exceed 44°C .
- AEMET warned that heat poses significant danger to vulnerable people and outdoor activities, while wildfire danger will increase to extreme levels and overnight temperatures remain above 20°C.
- While Thursday, July 23, marks the expected peak, temperatures are expected to begin easing from Friday, July 24, though AEMET noted that forecast uncertainty remains high.
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The heat wave that has led Spain to the limit with maximum temperatures between 42 °C and 44 °C at some points in the country begins to refer this Friday with the entry of a fresher air mass in the northwestern peninsula, which will progress progressively during the weekend. This will provide a brief respite to the Spaniards before next week return "the maximum temperatures above normal with a predominance of sun", according to the State Agency …
The maximum temperature was 43.2°C in Vinebre.
Extreme temperatures will put much of the country under surveillance this Thursday, with numerous communities on call and a particularly adverse scenario in the southeast due to intense heat
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