The highest temperatures in Spain have been recorded this Saturday in the Canary Islands, which will continue to suffer the effects of the heat wave this Sunday. In the town of Tasarte, on the island of Gran Canaria, 45.7ºC was reached, while in Sant Bartolomé de Tirajana, on the same island, 43.1ºC was measured. For its part, in Llanos de los Loros, in Tenerife, it reached 42.8ºC. And, in the same way, other towns in the Canary Islands saw how the mercury exceeded 42.5ºC, after a torrid night with temperatures close to 40ºC.
This Sunday, the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) maintains the red warning for maximum temperatures of 40ºC in the midlands (between 600 and 1500 meters) and summits oriented to the southeast, south and west of Gran Canaria, while in the rest of the islands (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro) the orange notice applies. The Aemet establishes a red warning when the meteorological risk is extreme due to unusual phenomena, of exceptional intensity and with a very high level of risk for the population.
In the Canary Islands, the maximum will exceed 36 to 38 ºC in large areas of the archipelago and the minimum will locally exceed 30 ºC. The island of Gran Canaria has been in the eye of the hurricane of the heat wave. Today, temperatures will remain almost unchanged or drop slightly, which may be more significant on the southern slope. Only on northern coasts will the maximum be below 30-32 ºC. Likewise, all the islands except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura will be under yellow warning due to coastal phenomena. Thus, the seven islands of the archipelago will say goodbye to the heat wave this Sunday after having generally measured temperatures that have reached 40ºC.
In the rest of Spain, temperatures will drop slightly this Sunday, although the Cordovan countryside and the Guadalquivir valley in Jaén have an orange warning and will reach 40ºC again. At the Córdoba airport, 42.9ºC was measured yesterday.
Specifically, thirteen provinces will be on alert for high temperatures: Córdoba and Jaén at significant risk (orange), and Granada, Seville, Zaragoza, Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Toledo and Madrid at risk (yellow). In the case of the province of Zaragoza, the yellow alert will focus on the Ribera del Ebro, between 1:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., as indicated by the Government of Aragon.
The Aemet prediction for this Sunday suggests that little cloudy or clear skies will predominate in the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands, although in the north of Galicia and in the western half of the Cantabrian area, cloudy skies are expected that can translate into weak rainfall.
