The heat wave comes to an end, although the high temperatures will fad down gradually between today and Thursday. The heat wave has been the culminating point of a series of warm episodes that have been repeated since the end of May and, like so many of these episodes, has seen its end with the arrival of a trough and important associated storms.
A record heat. Meteorologists advance that the month of June has been the hottest since we have records. And that is not the only record that has broken during the last 30 days. The absolute temperature record was also broken for a month of June. It happened in the Huelva municipality of El Granado, where the thermometers came to register a maximum of 46º.
As if this were not enough, June has also sprayed another record, that of the greatest positive thermal anomaly, 3rd Celsius above what would be common during the sixth month of the year.
All that despite the fact that a month with marked meteorological fluctuations in which extreme heat episodes with brief but intense storm episodes have alternated. It has been the tonic of recent weeks and everything indicates that once again it will be the storms that free us (for now) of heat.
Summer troughs. The thermal relief will arrive pushed by the arrival of a series of trough, the extensions of a low pressures that will bring us cold air and atmospheric instability. It is expected that the arrival of the cold air associated with these troughs interact with the mass of stagnant warm air on the peninsula and part of southern Europe.
Storms and hail. THE RESULT: A NEW STORM REMESTING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF HEGHOE TO CHARGE STEPORS. The appearance of convective winds (resulting from the presence of warm and humid air that ascends to high layers of the atmosphere) is one of the key factors in this context.
And what do the forecasts say? The State Meteorology Agency (Aemet) provides that during the next few days the heat (still extreme in many areas) coexist with the proliferation of “locally strong” storms. Today these storms are expected in the mountains of the northern third and this peninsular; While tomorrow the mountainous areas of the entire northern half and surrounding areas could reach, as well as at northern plateau points, half north of the South Plateau and Sierra Nevada.
Uncertainty. It is still early to foresee the meteorological trend of July but Aemet’s seasonal forecasts do not call optimism. A few weeks ago the agency spoke of a high probability that the summer of 2025 be remarkably warmer than usual.
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