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The heatwave scorching Spain will last at least until Monday July 18
The intense heatwave of recent days, which placed five communities on red alert again on Thursday July 14, will continue to scorch Spain with temperatures of more than 40ºC in the coming days; it will not be before Monday July 18 that things will begin to cool down, according to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
While it’s still very unpredictable, meteorologists expect that the current DANA crossing Portugal will cause the high temperatures to remain through the weekend. If this happens, the heatwave which began in the Canary Islands on July 9 and hit mainland Spain on July 10, would rank in the top three of the longest lasting periods of extreme heat ever.
The heatwave of 2015 lasted an incredible 26 days between June 27 and July 22 and behind that came the scorcher that was 2003, a blistering 16 days between July 30 and August 14.
Thursday July 14 was the “worst” day of the heatwave, according to Aemet, where the temperature peaked at 44ºC in the Sevillian countryside, 45ºC in the Guadiana plain and 42ºC in Madrid.
The most striking factor of this weather episode is its reach, since practically every region in the country was issued with a heat warning.
The temperatures will hardly budge on Friday July 15 and will even rise along the Cantabrian coast. Much of mainland Spain will exceed 40ºC and a red weather alert remains in place in the Guadiana valley and Extremadura.
Communities like Andalucía, Aragon, Catalonia, Galicia and Madrid have dropped to an orange warning, although this still represents a major risk.
On the other hand, Asturias, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community will be under a yellow alert for heat.
Saturday July 16 will be cloudy in most of the country and the thermometers will top out at 36-38ºC in the Balearic Islands and the majority of inland areas; the mercury will again easily exceed 40ºC in the southwest, the Ebro and Duero valley and areas of Cantabria.
After several sweltering tropical nights, the minimum temperature will decrease slightly in the southwest on Saturday.
Andalucía is finally in for a bit of a reprieve on Sunday July 17 as the temperatures are set to drop slightly in the extreme west, although an orange warning remains in place in the middle of the day.
Very little change in the rest of the country.
Looking ahead to Monday July 17, Aemet expects that “this hot episode will be concluded” although “it will continue to be quite hot” without reaching red weather alert heights.
The warmest regions are likely to be in the east of the country: Albacete, Cuenca, Murcia, Cádiz, Málaga or Huelva, while the lowest temperatures will be recorded above all in the Cantabrian Sea and on the northern plateau.
In general the southeast of Spain will remain warm, with temperatures hovering around 36 or 37ºC.
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Image: Aemet
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