The heat will be climbing positions in the coming days
Temperatures will be rising day by day, and by the end of the week there will be afternoon thunderstorms
Anticyclonic calm has taken over our home, with radiant sun everywhere and temperatures that are rising. This morning it was still quite cold, but the day was warmer, with highs that have already exceeded 25 or 26 ºC in parts of Poniente, the Ebro interior, Priorat, and in some corner of the northeast interior. In fact, the heat will be climbing positions over the next few days, and we will end the week with many highs around or above 25 °C in the interior, and it can even reach or locally reach 30 °C in the Lleida plain and in the Ebro valley. Values clearly above average, although in principle not as extreme as last week. From Friday and especially during the weekend, afternoon spring showers will reappear in mountainous areas.
Thursday: sun and more heat
Temperatures will rise more this Thursday, both minimums and maximums. Moderate cold at first. A sweater or jacket will become essential depending on the region. But we will have to dress in layers, as in the middle of the day the environment will be warmer, with many values from 21 to 26 °C, locally higher between the interior of the Ebro and Poniente. Thermometers will be more restrained at sea level due to the regulating effect of a very cool sea, still.
All of this with radiant sunshine everywhere. Only some morning fog or low clouds will be repeated in plains and inland hollows, while in the afternoon some afternoon cloudiness will grow in mountainous areas which will be totally harmless. Light Tramontana in the early morning and in the north of Empordà which will eventually disappear.
More heat and afternoon storms at the end of the week
Both Friday and the weekend will see thermometers rise even further, with accentuated heat and values more typical of May than April. Many highs will range between 24 and 28 degrees in the pre-coastal areas and inland, and locally they may even reach or approach 30 °C in parts of Ponent and inland Ebro. Milder on the coast, where temperatures will also exceed 20 °C.
Nighttime cold will be much more moderate, and we will have a thermal inversion that will become more pronounced. We will have an anticyclonic situation with overall sunshine, but with some changes in sight. Starting Friday and throughout the weekend, a bit of cold air at altitude will arrive which, upon colliding with the warm air mass affecting us, will cause afternoon cloudiness to grow with more energy in mountainous areas. Therefore, afternoon showers and thunderstorms will increase in parts of the Pyrenees, Pre-Pyrenees, and Els Ports, while the rest of the country will remain calm. A classic spring situation.