The heat wave that currently crosses southern Europeand that according to the forecasts will continue to impact the continent until at least Thursday, it is leaving record values throughout the region and records until 15 degrees above normal For the time. According to an image captured by the Copernicus satellites of the European Space Agency (ESA), in recent days the surface temperature (that is, the values that follow from the ground) have reached the 45 degrees in Madrid, at 47 in Zaragoza and has even exceeded 50 in Seville.
“It is not about the same measure as the weather agencies, but it is a value that measures the real thermal energy emitted by the earth's surface and, therefore, The heat that the ground gives off“They explain from the agency after the publication of the image in which it is reflected, with an unprecedented detail, the magnitude of the heat wave that Europe is currently going through.
This Tuesday, as shown by the records of the State Meteorology Agency, Spain has registered values above 35 degrees in hundreds of weather stations throughout the country and have been reached maximum above 40 in half a hundred locations. The highest figure of the day has fallen again in Mérida (Badajoz), where 43 degrees have been exceeded throughout the afternoon. Cases such as Granado (Huelva) also highlight, which has re -recorded values of more than 42.8; or that of Tablada (Seville), where 42.6 have been exceeded.
Europe, burned by heat
In the rest of Europe, exceptionally high values are also being registered for the time that, in many cases, RThey cure more to the warmest weeks of August not at the beginning of a month of July. The models indicate that these temperatures are between 10 and 15 degrees above the expected For this time. In Paris, for example, temperatures close to 40 degrees are being recorded and the City Council has activated a red notice that has forced to close 1,350 schools, to decree the teleworking for hundreds of companies and even ban access to the Eiffel Tower. In Rome and Athens, values are also being recorded above 37 degrees and in Amsterdam, where theoretically it should make fresher, on Tuesday the thermometers have already exceeded 36 degrees.
Another of the most shocking data that this heat wave leaves is Mediterranean temperaturewhich has been registering record values for days. At the moment it is estimated that the waters that bathe the Spanish east coast exceed 28 degrees and, in some cases, even touch the 30. In the Dragonera Boya, in Mallorca, values of 30.5 degrees have even been recorded, a figure so far unthinkable for a month of June and that they are barely a degree of difference with respect to the absolute record of the historical series.
In southern Italy, especially between Naples and Sicily, there are also several marine stations that are registering these days close to 30 degrees at a time when, historically, the maximums in the area should not exceed 25 degrees.
In the Mediterranean they are registering maximum exceeding 30 degrees at a time when the waters should not exceed 25
The models indicate that the heat wave currently crosses Europe, and that since last Saturday the thermometers are shooting throughout Spain, It will be extended up to at least Thursday. Until then, very high values are expected for the time and records above 40 degrees in various parts of the continent. Then, everything indicates that temperatures will fall slightly with respect to what has been lived in recent days but, still, they will continue to be above the usual values for the time. Julio thus starts with a runaway heat that, at least on paper, we did not expect for a month and that, once again, confirms that We could be facing one of the hottest summers in recent years.
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