Summer does not want to leave: the heat goes overboard on Friday
Temperatures will hit the ceiling with more than 35 ºC in the most torrid areas, without ruling out some record
BarcelonaThe weather has continued to be marked this Thursday by absolute calm and the thermal contrast between the morning chill and the summer heat in the middle of the day, which has once again pushed the mercury up to 34 or 35 ºC in the southern interior and in Ponent. But pay attention, because this Friday temperatures will peak, with runaway heat completely out of place for the dates, as the environment will be more typical of the summer dog days than of the beginning of autumn. Maximums may locally reach 38 ºC in the interior of the Ebro, and it is not ruled out that some heat record may be reached, for example, in the Pyrenees and the Pre-Pyrenees. The weekend the mercury will drop, but the environment will remain too warm for the season. All this with still sun and anticyclonic calm, waiting for the weather to start changing next week.
Friday: heat peak
Temperatures will be the main protagonists this Friday. They will rise further, both by day and by night, with an especially marked increase in highs in the south and inland. In the middle of the day, the atmosphere will be fully summer-like, of a heatwave, with unbridled and extraordinary heat for finding ourselves in the first days of autumn.
Many highs of 30 to 35 ºC are expected in general, but in Ponent and the Ebro valley these figures will be exceeded, with values of 35 to 38 ºC. We will see if some heat records end up being shattered.
A scenario that will contrast with the cool atmosphere of the early hours. All of this with absolute calm and sun in general. There will only be some morning low clouds on the south coast, as well as some brushstrokes of local high and thin clouds of a decorative nature.
Changes next week
The weather will remain calm over the weekend. The novelty will be that on Sunday afternoon clouds will grow, with a little more momentum in the Pyrenees, with a risk of some first local showers, especially in the Lleida sector. Over the next few days, some low clouds will repeat in coastal stretches, especially in the morning on the southern coast. In addition, there will be some traces of high, thin clouds.
However, throughout the coming week the anticyclone will gradually leave and open the doors to an increase in instability and a drop in temperatures. At the beginning of the week, some showers may already fall in coastal and northern stretches, and throughout the days the downpours and thunderstorms will increase, especially in the interior and in mountain areas. A situation that we will have to specify, but which would put an end to this extraordinarily warm environment.