There are also seven days under warnings of all colors and for three meteors, the one with high temperatures, the one with suspended dust and, in the final part of the episode, due to coastal phenomena, and in which it was even painted red, also for the first time since the Meteoalerta system was implemented in 2016, on all the islands except the one on the meridian.
In this way, a day is reached, today Wednesday, in which there is only one yellow warning from the State Meteorological Agency for temperatures around 34 degrees in the southern half of Gran Canaria, warnings that were released on Tuesday August 8 with yellows, and even orange, the latter with a special fondness for that same side of Gran Canaria, where this heat wave has also caused unusual events there, such as that of appraise you throwing temperatures that, according to meteorologists, placed the village payment last Saturday as one of the hottest spots on the planet, with an average in 24 hours above 40 degrees Celsius.
haze in height
The slight change in trend supposes for today, always according to the state agency, a slight haze in height hovering above all the skies of the eastern and central islands, with temperatures with few changes in the lanzarote island and a slight to moderate decrease in the rest, but with values that will continue to be high, around 34 degrees in the interior south and west of Gran Canaria, right in the area where the second highest temperature in the country was recorded this Tuesday , in Tunte, with 40.1 degrees Celsius, just seven tenths behind the national maximum recorded in La Roda de Andalucía, Seville.
It should be noted that Tunte was already the only station in the Canary Islands this Tuesday that exceeded 40 degrees, since the second mark was located in Tasarte, with 38 degrees; followed by those in the upper part of Agaete, in the Valley, with 37.8; and Agüimeswith 37.1 degrees Celsius.
The Aemet forecast consolidates this drop in the maximum values for Thursday which, in principle, if there are no last-minute changes, will be the first day after eight consecutive days, without warnings for significant phenomena.
It will be a Thursday with slightly cloudy or clear skies, except for cloudy intervals in the lower levels of the north of the islands of greater relief during the early morning and late hours.
The presence of a slight haze in height will continue, which will especially affect the eastern islands. The temperatures will continue with few changes or a slight decrease, without ruling out 32 to 34 degrees Celsius in some inland points in the south and west of Gran Canaria.
The Aemet maintains the yellow notice activated in the summits and midlands of the south of Gran Canaria
As for the wind, it is expected to blow moderately from the northeast, with strong intervals on the southeast and northwest slopes, while at the summits, it will be a variable light wind, except in the highest peaks of Tenerife, where it will blow moderately from the southwest. and without ruling out some occasional strong interval.
But, with everything, what happened on Thursday rebels as a small truce, according to some predictions that point to a slight increase in temperatures for Friday, which will be more pronounced in the easternmost islands. They will be records that could exceed 32 to 34 degrees Celsius, again those in the southern and western midlands of Gran Canaria, as well as in the south of Fuerteventura. In the two capitals of the Canary Islands, temperatures of between 22 and 27 degrees Celsius are expected in the case of The Gran Canarian palmsand between 23 and 30 degrees in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
There will be cloudy or clear skies in general, except for some cloudy intervals in the lower areas of the western islands at dawn, and with a haze in height that will be lighter towards the west of the archipelago, carried by a moderate wind from the northeast, with higher speeds in the areas most exposed to the trade winds, where there is a low probability of an occasional very strong gust in the last hours, while at the summits, variable light wind will blow, with the eastern component being able to predominate in the afternoon. At the highest levels of the tenerife islandit will blow moderately from the southwest, but tending to decrease.
This is how a weekend is already reached again with rising temperatures, mainly on the islands with the highest relief, but in the 34 degree line also in the south of Fuerteventura and in the south and west oriented midlands. , where they could also exceed those values.
The wave of the seven deceased
The heat wave that has affected the Canary archipelago In the last seven days it has resulted in the same number of deaths: three of them due to heat stroke and four drowned, the last two during the day on Tuesday, one on the coasts of Los Gigantes and Adeje. Some of the deaths have occurred during the practice of outdoor activities during the hottest hours, as well as on a coast also under warnings from the State Meteorological Agency due to coastal phenomena, with a seabed of up to two meters high. , and that they have left in the networks videos impressive figures of bathers escaping from the drag of the waves, both in the gran canaria island, as in Tenerife, without extreme care that must be taken in this type of situation. | JJJ
