It’s going to be serious sweating next week. According to Wouter van Bernebeek of Weerplaza, we have to take into account temperatures between 35 and 39 degrees on Monday and Tuesday. “And I don’t rule out a single 40 degrees.”
People who prefer to deal with a somewhat lower temperature should have it from this Friday and Saturday. In that case, according to Wouter, the thermometer will not rise above 24 degrees. “That is perfectly doable, with a little bit of sunshine…”, Wouter told the radio program ‘Wakker!’ on Friday morning. on Omroep Brabant. “Occasionally there are also some cloud fields, but it will remain dry everywhere. There is also very little wind.”
“There is little wind, so it will feel very warm.”
According to the weatherman of Weerplaza, Sunday will be a transition day. “Then we see the wind already turning to the southeast. Some warmer air from France is already coming our way. That produces about 27, maybe 28 degrees in our region with plenty of sun again.”
The really warm air reaches us Monday morning. Then we reach a temperature of 35 or 36 degrees during the day in a large part of Brabant. “There is very little wind, so it will feel very warm.”
“It won’t cool down much further than 23 or 25 degrees on Monday night.”
“The night leading up to Tuesday will be a real sticky night, according to Wouter. “Then it probably won’t cool down much further than 23 or 25 degrees. Then we are really in that ‘French air’, so to speak.”
Wouter expects the peak in temperature on Tuesday. “I’m keeping it at 37 to 39 degrees for the time being. The warmest air will then be over Belgium and northern France. But if this process were to speed up a bit, I wouldn’t rule out even a few 40 degrees. The latest weather maps are so convincing, that I now dare to make this statement.”
“The drought will continue for the time being.”
From Wednesday it will be slightly less warm. “But then it is still summer, with 28 to 31 degrees. Then we could also have to deal with a single rain or thunderstorm. But in general the drought will continue for the time being, I think.”