The mercury will relax temporarily, but the heat will remain intense.
High clouds will again leave a cloudy sky almost everywhere.
BarcelonaThe weather forecast continues to be dominated by the anticyclone and intense heat, with a brief respite on Wednesday that will be virtually imperceptible overall. All this with some minor nuances, such as the arrival of more high clouds and the entry of southerly winds in some regions in the western and southern half of the country. However, this Tuesday already saw temperatures approaching 40°C locally, something that will continue starting Thursday (you'll find the highest temperatures reached so far at the end of this report).
Wednesday: Mercury relaxes a bit
Temperatures will stabilize or drop slightly by Wednesday, with intense heat but a brief respite from the rising temperatures. The arrival of high clouds will leave generally cloudy skies, with locally strong southerly winds in the southern pre-coast and southern Ponent regions, with gusts that could reach 50 or 60 km/h.
Thursday: Temperatures rise again
The second half of the week will continue to be marked by intense heat, which will pick up again on Thursday and will once again make us sweat profusely everywhere. High cloud cover will persist, although some low cloud will also appear in parts of the southern coast and in the Empordà region. Southerly winds will also persist during the afternoon in the southern regions of Ponent. Furthermore, the dark clouds that grow during the afternoon in the Pyrenees could produce some more significant showers, but rainfall accumulations will be low overall.
The heat will be intense in the next 15 days
The warm air mass from the south, which will send temperatures soaring, will accompany us throughout the week and throughout the first half of August, with highs that could occasionally reach or exceed 40 or 41°C on some days in the usual inland areas of the Ebro Valley and the West. Elsewhere, the heat will also be intense, with highs of 34 to 37°C inland and 30 to 33°C on the coast.
Nights will be heavier and more difficult to sleep in throughout the week, not just on the coast. In addition, the mugginess will be more intense along the coast and pre-coast. In short, all the ingredients of the hottest days of the dog days, although aside from the heat wave that will be experienced in the central and southwestern parts of the Iberian Peninsula. The situation will last for several days, and there is no rain in sight.
Heat report
Temperatures had already risen significantly on Monday, with many highs between 28 and 32°C on the coast and above 36°C in Ponent and the south, but they rose even further on Tuesday. These are the most notable figures from this new episode of intense heat:
- Vinebre: 39.8°C
- Torroja del Priorat: 39.0 °C
- El Masroig: 38.6 °C
- Ribarroja Reservoir: 38.5 °C
- Benissanet: 38.2 °C
- Ascó: 37.7 °C
- Serazo: 37.6 °C
- Flails: 37.3 °C
- Aldover and Gimenells: 37.0 °C