The episode of exceptionally high temperatures in the middle of the final stretch of April It reached its peak this Friday with thermometers above 30 degrees in more than half of Spain.

Temperatures were between 10 and 15 degrees above normal in much of the interior of the peninsula, and even between 15 and 20 degrees above in the south of the country.

Health advances the activation of the national plan for high temperatures

In fact, it is such heatwave in our country that the Ministry of Health has decided to bring forward to May 15 the activation of the “National Plan of Preventive Actions on the Effects of Excessive Temperatures on Health”, taking into account one of the hottest months of April and the driest ever recorded in Spain in recent years.

“Although it is not yet activated, monitoring mechanisms are already in place and, in the event of an alert, the autonomous communities and towns would be notified”, stressed the department headed by José Manuel Miñones, who also indicated that the plan It will last beyond September 30.according to the evolution of the temperatures.

Time change: the rains return

According to expert forecasts, although the heat situation will continue in the coming days, the weather will give a small truce with a slight drop in temperatures and the arrival of rains and thunderstorms which will refresh the environment.

AEMET said that From this Saturday, a “remarkable” thermal decrease will beginalthough 34 degrees can still be exceeded in the regions of Malaga, Almería, Murcia and Alicante.

Eltiempo.es reports the passage of a front by the north from Saturday which “it will inject cooler air and help increase instability”. We therefore expect a drop in temperatures which will be “more marked in the northern half of the peninsula and especially on Sunday” with stormy precipitation.

Specifically, there will be rains in the north of Galicia, Cantabria, La Rioja and northern Navarrebut they will be weak. It can also rain Catalonia and the Balearic Islands where thunderstorms can occur.

Bridge may gone through water in some areas

The meteorological experts of eltiempo.es also warn of the arrival of another major storm across the Atlantic coinciding with the long weekend in May which could leave rainfall towards “the last stretch west of the peninsula and then spread to many other areas”.

Therefore, for the weekend, an increase in the intensity of the southerly and southwesterly winds is expected, as well as waves on the western coasts of the peninsula and in the western Bay of Biscay.

For the May weekend, although the protagonist is the “summer heat”, it will rain in some parts of the country where storms will occur, even if they will not serve to alleviate the drought from which we suffer.

• “Monday May 1, instability will be centered in the east of the country. The last rains could occur in the north of the Basque Country and Navarrea lot of Cataloniaespecially in the east and also in Balearics. In the afternoon, there is still a possibility of thunderstorms inside the Valencian Community and even in the Region of Murcia or in Béticas”, they say from eltiempo.es
• “tuesday may 2a public holiday in the Community of Madrid, especially at dawn, the rains could continue in Balearics, but in the rest they will have already sent. In the rest of the country, rain is no longer expected that day,” the experts added.