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Last week Spain felt the extreme heat again with the fourth heat wave of the summer. Now that it is a thing of the past, the temperature forecast has completely changed and the fourth heat wave of the summer is expected. progressive and prolonged drop in temperaturesThese days of respite from the heat are due to a Dana, a cold air current coming from the Atlantic that will generate instability and rain throughout the State.

The Dana will cause a generalised temperature drop throughout Spain. It will also bring showerswith the possibility of locally intense storms, in the northern half; in the far north, the interior and, above all, the northeast of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands. According to the spokesman for the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), Jose Luis Camachothis Tuesday there will be a general drop in temperatures and the approach of an Atlantic front Cloudiness will increase in the northwest.

Storm alerts

This week there are Multiple alerts issued by the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) for rain and storms spread throughout the north and east of the peninsula, as well as the Spanish archipelagos. These alerts are of yellow and orange leveland respond to the danger of approaching weather phenomena. Last week the warnings were for extreme heat, but now they are for rain, storms, gusts of wind and hail.

The storm, which is already in the Peninsula, will travel across the north: From west to east. Showers may be experienced in all northern communities. As the days go by, the storm will stop affecting the communities in the northwest and will focus on the east coast of the Peninsula. Much of the precipitation will fall between Wednesday and Thursday. It will affect in a generalized way all the autonomous communities that border the Mediterranean with special emphasis on the Balearic Islands.

The communities that are on yellow or orange alert due to the risk of storms and large accumulations of rain in the coming days are:

• Mars 13: Aragon (full), Castile and Leon (the west), Catalonia (all interior), Navarra (orange warning), the Basque Country (the west), Rioja (completely and orange warning) and the Valencian Community (the north).
• Wednesday 14th: Andalusia (the west), Murcia (full)Valencian Community (full), Balearic Islands (completely and orange alert), Catalonia (the entire coast on yellow alert, the interior and north on orange alert), Aragon (the north), Navarra (full), Rioja (completely) and the Basque Country (the west).
• Thursday 15th: Balearic Islands (orange alert throughout the community)

Where will the temperature drop?

The rains will cool the temperature of the entire Peninsulaalthough it will still take a few days for it to become noticeable. In fact, in the southern half of the Peninsula temperatures will still be around 10°C. 36-38 °C.

The temperature will drop, but it won’t be cold.. The heat will return less intense and the nights much coolerA gradual reduction in temperature is expected throughout the State, although it will still be possible to experience Locally intense heat peaks in some areas of the southern half of the Peninsula. In general, where the drop in temperatures will be most noticeable is in the north and eastespecially where clouds drop precipitation.