Summer has come in with force, and it seems that for now it will continue like this. This second heat wave has put 27 provinces on alert, to the point that temperatures of up to 44 degrees could be registered today and tomorrow in many parts of the southern half of the peninsula, especially in Andalusia.
What causes it? As detailed in the report of the AEMET, It is the result of an air mass that comes from North Africa, which added to the insolation typical of summer and the clear sky, makes the temperatures only rise.
The southern half of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands will be the most affected areas. The State Meteorological Agency has activated the red notice for today Wednesday in Cordoba and Jaén by values that will rise to 44 degrees in points of the Cordovan countryside and the Guadalquivir valley. In the provinces of Granada, Huelva, Seville, Albacete, Ciudad Real, Valencia, Badajoz and Murcia have the orange alert activated (significant risk) due to temperatures that could reach 41 degrees.
In Cádiz, Málaga, Huesca, Teruel, Zaragoza, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Toledo, Ávila, Salamanca, Lleida, Tarragona, Madrid, Alicante, Cáceres and the Balearic Islands have a yellow alert for values that will oscillate between 36 and 39 degrees.
If we talk about minimums, the nights will be hot, 25 degrees in Jaén and Almería, and between 20 and 22 degrees in Alicante, Albacete, Valencia, Barcelona, Cádiz, Castellón, Huelva, Malaga, Murcia, Seville, Toledo, Zaragoza and Ciudad Real.
Moreover, in the northern half of the peninsula the heat wave will not arrive. In A Coruña, Bilbao, Oviedo, Santander, Vitoria and San Sebastián, the maximum temperature will not exceed 22 degrees.
On Saturday, temperatures will begin to drop in the southern half of the peninsula, although in general will remain significantly high in interior areas.
In this situation it is important to take all the necessary measures to avoid skin burns since the ultraviolet index, which are the rays that cause damage, during these days in the affected areas is high, from 8 to 11 (out of a scale of 1 to 11).