Spain, Morocco and Algeria are going to have a stifling weekend.
"Special notice, very high temperatures," warned the Spanish meteorological agency (AEMET) on Friday.
During the week, a very hot air mass hit the Maghreb countries, with temperatures approaching 50 ° C in the shade in the Algerian desert, where heat records have sometimes been broken, reports the agency of Algerian national press.
"This hot air will rise in the direction of Spain this weekend with temperatures which could reach 44 to 47 ° C in the shade in the south of the country", indicates the meteorologist Cyrille Duchesne.
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This could be “the first time in 70 years that a temperature of 30ºC has been reached at an altitude of around 1,500 meters inside the peninsula,” notes Juan Jose González Alemán, doctor of physics, on Twitter.
A direct consequence of climate change, he said, since readings at this altitude allow us to focus on “purely atmospheric” data, and “eliminate” those relating to soil change and the growth of the city.
The situación del domingo podría tener tintes históricos.
Sería la primera vez, in los últimos 70 años, that is alcanza temperatura of 30ºC to ~ 1500 meters of height in the interior peninsular.
Esta temperatura está típicamente asociada a los grandes desiertos in the summer period.
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- JJ González Alemán (@glezjuanje) July 9, 2021
If the 40 ° C in the shade are undoubtedly exceeded in Madrid, it is especially Andalusia that will suffer from this heatwave, in particular Sunday and Monday: meteorologists predict 45 ° C in Cordoba, and up to 47 ° C in Murcia.
The city of Seville could experience a new record, set at 46.6 ° C in July 1995.
🌡️ Spain, Morocco and Algeria are preparing to experience a #Weekend with extremely hot T ° C, especially on Sunday.
From Saturday, the T ° C will exceed the 40 ° C mark in Andalusia, Extremadura and Castilla la Mancha
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- Météo-France (@meteofrance) July 9, 2021
Further south, in Morocco and Algeria, the 50 ° C mark could also be locally crossed this weekend as in the regions of Fez (record of 46.4 ° C probably broken) and Marrakech (record of 49, 6 ° C probably approached).
This would be a first for the country, underlines Météo France.
“Sunday, all of Andalusia will be under temperatures of 45 to 50 ° C.
If we exceed 47 ° C, it will be a record in this region, declared on LCI Patrick Marlière, meteorologist.
This mass of hot air coming from the Sahara will decrease a little this Monday, it could cross the Pyrenees and reach the south of France, but with much more bearable temperatures.
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Tuesday, the thermometer should return to a normal level in Spain, with seasonal temperatures.
