Aude, Vaucluse, VAR, Alpes-Maritimes, Haute-Corse, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Ardèche, Drôme, Isère and Rhône joined Bouches-du-Rhône, Gard, Hérault and Pyrénées-Oritales from the afternoon, those who have been trotting since Friday “.
He would gradually expand north, gain strength in some departments on Sunday, and keep it at least until Tuesday.
“The minimum temperatures are often between 19 and 23 ° C, and up to 26 degrees near the Mediterranean Sea,” warns Météo-France, which expects the temperatures in the afternoon to rise to 34 to 38 ° C in the areas involved, and “local up to almost 40 ° C near the Mediterranean Sea.”
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The heat wave affects the whole of Southern Europe: about twenty cities in Italy, including Rome and Venice, are under the alarm. In Portugal on Sunday in two thirds of the Land Code Oranje with 42 ° C expected in Lisbon and a maximum fire risk. In Spain, the highlight is expected from Sunday, with temperatures above 40 ° C in large parts of the country.
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On Sunday and Monday, the thermometer will indicate at least 35 ° C in two thirds of France, which promises ‘very unpleasant’ nights in which the temperature does not drop below 20 degrees, according to Tristan Amm, meteorologist at Météo-France.
“We will often be 12 to 15 degrees above normal values, and it is possible that local temperatures are reached close to the records for minimum temperatures,” he adds.
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The cause of this new peak is a “heat domain”: a wide and powerful high -pressure area forms a kind of lid that retains the air in the lower layers, prevents disruptions and gradually warms up the air.