these are the affected areas

Stability will be this Thursday the predominant note of a new hot day, with maximums above 30 degrees (Badajoz will register the maximum in the country, with 33 degrees), although there will also be locally strong or persistent showers in Melilla or extreme southeast peninsula, according to the prediction of the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).

This Thursday, in the Strait and Alboran, and in the southeast of the peninsula during the second half of the day, an increase in cloudiness is expected from south to north, with medium and high clouds prevailing, with showers that may occasionally be accompanied by a storm. It is probable that there is dust in suspension in the southern half of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, so the rainfall may be accompanied by mud.

With some uncertainty, there is the possibility of some precipitation in the surrounding areas of the southern half. In the northern half and Extremadura there will be slightly cloudy skies in the first hours of the day, increasing at cloudy intervals and cloudiness of evolution, with Possibility of a weak shower isolated in mountain areas, more likely and intense in the Pyrenees. In the Canary Islands, abundant high cloudiness, accompanied by intervals of low clouds in the north of the islands.

Daytime temperatures will go increasing in the northern half and the Balearic Islands, which will be notable in the upper and middle Ebro, tending to decline in Andalusia. The nocturnal ones will experience a rise in the northern half. Finally, the east wind will prevail in the Mediterranean area and the Ebro valley, with a strong lift in the Strait, trade winds in the Canary Islands and weak in the rest.

Stormy weekend

“After the break in thunderstorm activity on Thursday, they are expected to reactivate from noon on Friday,” he explains. Irene Santa, meteorologist from eltiempo.es. “Castilla y León will be the community most affected by the showers. They will also be likely in the Community of Madrid, La Rioja, Navarra, the Basque Country, Cantabria and Asturias, as well as in western Aragon.”

In addition, the storms will increase throughout the weekend, according to the specialist. “A trough of cold air in the upper layers of the atmosphere will cause instability: the vertical growth of clouds in the afternoons will give rise to showers that may be accompanied by electrical activity “.

On Saturday the storms will be present especially in the interior of the northern half of the peninsula. “ Aragon, La Rioja, Castilla y León, Community of Madrid and the north of Castilla-La Mancha may be the most affected. However, they will be quite likely at points in the northern half, “explains Santa.

On Sunday, the rains will gain intensity, concentrating in the northeast. “There will be energy for convective clouds to develop (CAPE). The rains may be persistent from Saturday afternoon and gain strength in the east of Castilla y León, Aragon, Navarra, La Rioja and Catalonia. The rains will also affect the Valencian Community, being able to be strong inside “.

The heat streak will last for Saturday, especially in the central zone: “About 30 degrees maximum in Madrid, Albacete, Toledo, Girona, Lleida, Huesca, Guadalajara, Huelva, Jaén, Granada, Logroño, Zamora and Valladolid. They will be around 32-33ºC in Ciudad Real, Cáceres and Zaragoza. In the south of Extremadura and in the Guadalquivir valley they will have about 33-34ºC. However, in the Cantabrian there will be about 20 degrees and in the Mediterranean between 24 and 28ºC “.

However, there will be an almost general drop in temperatures on Sunday. “It will drop to 10ºC in points in the interior of the northern half and about 5ºC in the east, while in the southwest it will still be quite hot with more than 30 degrees. The temperatures could not exceed 20 degrees in the North Plateau and the 25 in the South Plateau and in the Ebro valley. About 23ºC are expected in the Mediterranean regions and about 16-17ºC in the Cantabrian ones “.

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