Spain will face “extremely high temperatures for this time of year” in the coming days, comparable to those of summer, the Spanish meteorological service (Aemet) warned in a statement.
An unprecedented for the era heat wave Spain is expected to live this week, with high temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius to be foreseen for Andalusia, in the southern part, at a time when the country is facing a prolonged drought with devastating consequences for agriculture.
Spain will face within the next few days “extremely high temperatures for this time of year”similar to those of the summer, the Spanish meteorological service (Aemet) warns in a statement.
This heat wave, associated with the coming “mass of very warm and dry air from Africa to the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands”will peak at the end of the week in the southern part of the country, the public service clarified.
According to Aemet, temperatures will top 30C tomorrowTuesday, and the day after tomorrow, Wednesday, in much of the southern part of the country, with possible high temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius in Andalusia, as well as in the regions of Valencia and Murcia, on the Mediterranean coast.
Temperatures will then continue to rise to reach “generally 35C” on Thursday and Friday in the southern half of the country and the Ebra Valley in north-east Spain, with up to “40C” expected in valley of Guadalquivir, Andalusia.
According to Aemet, temperatures this week will exceed the normal average for the season by 6 to 10 degrees Celsius. However, in some places, they will even exceed “15 to 20 degrees” normal values ​​for late April, agency spokesman Ruben del Campo said on Twitter.
The heat wave comes as Spain is experiencing an abnormal spring heat wave and drought, particularly in Catalonia, in the northeast, which is facing its worst drought in decades and authorities have already issued measures to limit water use.
In the absence of rain, water reservoirs — which store rainwater for use in the drier months — are only a quarter of their capacity in the region, according to local authorities, and some farmers have been forced not to move forward in sowing for the last few weeks.
Europe, where temperatures are rising twice as fast as the global average, experienced its hottest summer on record last year, according to data from Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) released on Thursday. on the continent since 1950 when data collection began.
Source :Skai
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