Spain faces another episode of "exceptionally high temperatures." According to the forecast of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), the presence of a stationary anticyclone over the peninsula will leave maximums during the next few days that will reach 30-32 degrees in large areas of the country, between 32-34 degrees in the valley of the Ebro and southwest peninsula, and up to 36-38 degrees in the Guadalquivir.
For this Wednesday, it is expected that a new Atlantic front will leave cloudy skies in the extreme northwest of the peninsula, with a low probability of precipitation in the northwest of Galicia, although they will be somewhat more likely in the area around Fisterra. In the rest of the Peninsula and the Balearic archipelago, slightly cloudy skies with high clouds will predominate.
Regarding temperatures, the maximum temperatures will rise in the Cantabrian area, upper Ebro, Ibérica and Girona. 30 degrees will be reached in Albacete, Badajoz, Cádiz, Córdoba, Cuenca, Girona, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Lleida, Murcia, Salamanca or Seville. Few changes in the minimums.
The rise in temperatures will "intensify" starting next Friday, when a small drop in altitude, coming from tropical latitudes, moves to the west of the Canary Islands and the peninsula, inducing the entry of a mass of warm air of origin Saharan, Aemet warns in a statement.
It is very likely that "the peak phase of this episode will take place between this Friday and, at least, next Monday, already in October", the agency has pointed out, to advance that in the Canary Islands, between this Saturday and Monday, there will also be They could exceed 34 degrees in the eastern islands.
According to the Aemet forecast, the minimum temperatures will be abnormally high, but less clearly than the maximum, with values of between 18-20 degrees on the Mediterranean coast and southwest of the peninsula, while in the Canary Islands 22-22 degrees are expected. 24 degrees and even higher than 24 degrees in the south of Gran Canaria.
The increase will also be notable in the north of Galicia and the Cantabrian area, clearly higher than usual, but less intense than in the rest of the country.
It is likely that starting next Tuesday, October 3, a "thermal cooling" will occur starting in the northwest. However, Aemet warns that today it is not possible to determine with certainty the end of this anomalous episode of high temperatures.
