Goodbye to the heat wave: drop in temperatures and storms in some areas since Thursday

The heat wave has the hours numbered. Today the high temperatures will continue in many parts of the peninsula, which have been enduring extreme heat for days. Up to 13 provinces have exceeded 40 degree days. In many localities they have also experienced torrid nights, when the temperature does not drop below 25 degrees. In Valencia and Tarifa, for example, they broke historical records for night heat in June.

For this Wednesday, temperatures are expected to rise in the Canary Islands, to decrease in western Andalusia, and with little change in the rest. The maximum will once again be in Córdoba (43 degrees) or in Badajoz (42 degrees).

“We can now end the heat wave episode as such, probably this Wednesday will be the last day of the heat wave. Looking ahead to the next few days, this does not mean that temperatures are not going to be high, especially in certain areas, such as the center and south of the peninsula,” warns the spokesman for the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), Rubén del Campo. .

A truce is expected from Thursday, although not in all areas. The agency points out that the intense heat will continue until the end of the week in much of the center and south of the peninsula, where thermometers will reach high values ??for the time of year, although not as high as during the heat wave.

Yes, a drop in temperatures is expected for tomorrow in the northwest third. There, the Aemet speaks of a “marked decline”, with maximums that will not exceed 22 degrees in San Sebastián or Lugo. The minimums could stay at 13 degrees in provinces like Palencia. Up to six degrees difference from the previous day.

“The environment will be cool for the season in the north. There will be in some areas records between three and five degrees below normal in some points. Therefore, for the remainder of the week there will be a marked temperature contrast between the north and the south of the peninsula”, sums up Del Campo.

In the rest of the country, it will exceed 36 degrees in much of the center and south of the peninsula, and it will be around 38 to 40 degrees in the Guadalquivir valley.

As for the rains, they will be scarce in the coming days, although storms are expected that can be locally strong in mountainous areas of the north of the peninsula, according to the Aemet forecast.