Confirmed: a second heatwave is arriving in Catalonia
The Meteocat has issued a prior alert for this new episode, which will begin starting Sunday
BarcelonaJust as we were recovering from last week's historic heatwave, the second one is already knocking on the door. Summer has barely begun and we are already heading for the second episode of extreme heat of the season. Therefore, the slight respite that temperatures have given us coinciding with the start of July will not continue.
Thermometers will slowly rise day by day, and it will be especially from Sunday and during the beginning of next week when they will really skyrocket. Meteocat has already issued a prior warning for this second heatwave of the year, which will officially start on Sunday, will last until at least next Wednesday, and will particularly affect the interior of the country.
During this period, many highs of 35 to 40°C are expected, but they will be even higher in the hottest inland areas, especially in Ponent and the Ebro valley. On the coast, temperatures will also widely exceed 30°C, with marked mugginess. Warm and uncomfortable nights will also return to many regions.
Therefore, extreme heat thresholds will be exceeded continuously for at least three consecutive days, a prerequisite for declaring a heatwave. Most temperatures will be between 5 and 8 degrees above the average.
Europe holds its breath
All of this will be the result of the strengthening once again of the subtropical anticyclone in contact with the gust of very warm North African air. This episode will once again affect some parts of central and western Europe, when they are still recovering from the historic heat records reached last week. In the coming days, it will be known which areas of the continent will be most affected, as there is still some uncertainty in this regard.
In any case, the Iberian Peninsula will fully suffer the effects of this new heatwave and temperatures will remain clearly above average at least until the middle of the month.
