The heat wave that has hit the peninsula, caused by a North African ridge, has generated an Iberian oven with temperatures above 44 degrees in some areas. Specifically, in Andalusia Cadiz, Cordoba, Granada, Huelva, Jan and Seville are on orange alert and Malaga is on yellow alert; Arachn Huesca and Zaragoza are on orange alert and Teruel is on yellow alert; and in Estremadura The orange warning affects Badajoz and Cáceres.
This is the second heat episode intense in a month of July marked by unusual instability and many are wondering when the high temperatures and hellish nights will end. According to meteorological models, the heat will persist for at least 48 more hours. However, starting on Friday a front will cause a significant drop in temperatures in several regions, accompanied by precipitation and possible storms dry due to intense heat.
The first rains arrive on Friday
And Atlantic front will break atmospheric stability in the north of the peninsula, bringing rain to Galicia and the Cantabrian area. Intervals of low morning clouds are expected in other areas of the far north, Levante, lower Ebro and Strait. For Friday afternoon, cloudiness is expected to develop in the central, eastern and southern peninsularwith possible dry storms in the eastern third and Central system, and weak showers in some cases. Canary Islandsthere will be intervals of low clouds and evolving clouds in the mountainous islands, with possible isolated showers.
On Saturday, the front will continue to affect Galicia and the Cantabrian area with cloudy skies and precipitation. In the afternoon, the evolving cloudiness could cause dry storms in the mountains of the eastern third, middle Ebro and east of the southern plateau. Temperatures descend in the northwest quadrant and Canary Islandswhile rise in the lower Guadalquivirremaining high in the rest of the country.
On Sunday, the situation will change little. In the north, cloudy skies are expected and possible rain in Galicia and the Cantabrian Sea. There could also be rainfall in the south of the Valencian Community and dry storms in the mountain ranges of the southeast and east of the southern plateau. Canary Islandsthere will be intervals of low clouds in the north and partly cloudy skies in the south. Temperatures will drop in the Mediterranean area and the Canary Islands, but will increase in the Atlantic and Cantabrian slopes, exceeding 35 degrees in the interior of the southern and northeastern half of the peninsula.
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