New scorching heat in some places today, with temperatures up to 38°C or more
Temperatures will reach a new high in the western regions, with an atypical heatwave atmosphere.
BarcelonaWe've started the week with once again very warm and muggy conditions for the season, although last night cooled off slightly, with tropical lows only in parts of the coast and the south of the country. But today, Tuesday, the heat continues unabated, and we'll see a new peak of temperatures in the western part of the country. Temperatures could even reach 39°C or very locally in this area, so the Catalan Meteorological Service (SMC) has issued a heat warning for both Segrià and Pla d'Urgell today and Thursday.
These are completely out of character for the time of year. Toward the coast, there will be little change, with very markedly muggy conditions. And in the coming days, temperatures will remain clearly above average, with an atmosphere more reminiscent of midsummer, a season that officially begins on Saturday. All this with plenty of sunshine and calm, suspended dust, and only afternoon clouds in mountain areas.
Tuesday: peak heat in Ponent
Tomorrow will be mild after a good night's sleep in most of the country, except for some coastal and southern areas where tropical lows above 20°C have been recorded. However, beware of maximum temperatures, as they will soar in the western half of Catalonia and the Valencian Community.
A new scorching peak will bring highs of up to 38°C or locally higher in the Ponent region. Unprecedentedly unbridled heat, with many temperatures reaching 30 to 35°C in the rest of the country. Temperatures will also exceed 35°C inland in the Valencian Community and the Ebro. Along the coast, the mercury will remain similar and remain below 30°C, with very muggy conditions.
A hot day that will also be marked by sunshine and calm. There will only be a few bands of high, thin clouds in the southern half, and some traces of low coastal clouds are possible in the early hours. In the afternoon, dark clouds will gather in mountainous areas, bringing isolated showers in the eastern Pyrenees and locally heavy showers and thunderstorms inland. Dust will also persist.
Very hot until San Juan too
Temperatures will remain very high throughout the week. On Wednesday, the mercury will drop again in the West, where the extreme temperatures of Tuesday will no longer be repeated. But during the second half of the week, temperatures will rise further, with a very warm and muggy atmosphere coinciding with the official arrival of summer on Saturday. The bubble of very warm air from North Africa that has been with us for many days will strengthen again.
Therefore, we will arrive at the Sant Joan long weekend with an atmosphere more typical of late July, continuing the warm trend we have been experiencing for more than two weeks. There is no clear end in sight to this situation, with sustained atypical heat, and we will have to see what the meteorological balance will be for the whole of June. And all this with no rain in sight.