- EDITIONS:
Spanish News Today
Murcia Today
Andalucia Today
PROPERTY SEARCH
Alicante weather warnings upgraded due to soaring temperatures: Wednesday July 12
Large parts of Alicante province will see the mercury soar past 40ºC in the central hours of the day
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has been kept on its toes this week as the second summer heatwave continues to evolve. Those expecting the temperatures to ease off a little on Wednesday July 12 will be disappointed as forecasters have not only maintained a yellow alert along the coast but have upgraded the extreme heat warning level to orange – significant risk – in Alto Vinalopó, l'Alcoià, El Comtat and part of the Marina Alta and l'Alacantí.
Inland areas will remain on high alert between 1pm and 9pm for temperatures that could reach 40ºC.
For the moment, the forecast from Aemet for Wednesday points to an extremely warm day with little to no cloud cover early on, although it will become more overcast in the evening. Moreover, the haze caused by an incoming Saharan dust cloud will persist.
Yesterday afternoon, just as the temperature began to drop and the humidity rise, several warm outbursts were recorded in the Alto and Medio Vinalopó regions due to the effect of dry storms. In Elda, it went from 35ºC to 42.2ºC in just over 30 minutes, and from a relative humidity of 48% to 10%.
These dry storms have often been likened to tornados and are caused by the descending currents of convective clouds. This meteorological phenomenon is difficult to predict and can be very dangerous since it produces extremely strong gusts of winds capable of felling trees.
¡Qué barbaridad! Esta tarde (11/07/2023), efectos del #ReventónSeco en #Villena (#Alicante). Un completo desastre, grandes árboles arrancados de cuajo, a causa de rachas de viento de hasta 102 km/h. Vídeo: @GVA112. pic.twitter.com/R6550uP2kk
— MeteOrihuela (@MeteOrihuela) July 11, 2023
People in the municipality of Villena can attest to this fact, since they were faced with driving gales of more than 100 kilometres per hour on Tuesday July 11, which knocked down several large trees and left huge branches scattered throughout the municipality.
Thankfully, while everyone will have to suffer through the oven that is Alicante on Wednesday, no dry storms are forecast and both the day and night-time temperatures should drop considerably on Thursday July 13.
Find all the latest weather and climate change news here or join our Alicante Weather Watch Facebook group for regular updates
Image: MeteOrihuela
staff.inc.ali
Sign up for the Spanish News Today Editors Roundup Weekly Bulletin and get an email with all the week’s news straight to your inbox
Special offer: Subscribe now for 25% off (36.95 euros for 48 Bulletins)
OR
you can sign up to our FREE weekly roundup!
Read some of our recent bulletins:
25% Discount Special Offer subscription:
36.95€ for 48 Editor’s Weekly News Roundup bulletins!
Please CLICK THE BUTTON to subscribe.
(List price 3 months 12 Bulletins)
Read more stories from around Spain:
