A heat wave that is unusually hot for this season comes from Spain and will hit France on Tuesday. Meteo-France warns that temperatures will rise to 30 degrees Celsius and that 40 degree Celsius is possible in the south of France. This is a worrying record for June.
On Tuesday, hot air will reach the country’s south-west where temperatures may reach 35-36degC. Then it will spread to the whole southern half of the country on Wednesday and move north. Frederic Nathan from Meteo-France forecaster, said to AFP that the southern half will see the heat wave peak on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday with temperatures of 35 to 39 degrees Celsius, or 40 locally. He stated that this heat wave would be “a priori” on a national level, and the earliest since 1947’s measurements began.
Many experts refer to this heat wave as a “heat bird”, an unusual scientific term. Christophe Cassou (climatologist, main author of 6th IPCC report) said that this meteorological phenomenon corresponds “to a plume, or a tentacle, which comes from South transports hot and dry air from the South by the winds from South”. He wrote about it on Twitter.
The net of hot-air that looks like it is made up of hot air doesn’t correspond to the heat dome responsible for last year’s extremely high and abnormally high temperatures in Canada or Europe. “Unlike a static heat dome, everything here is dynamic!” The scientist continues. This feather of heat is, in short, moving. She is now moving to France.
Christophe Cassou says that this heat plume is one consequence of the “cold drop” formed off Portugal. This cold drop is caused by the wind blowing in an anticlockwise direction. The warm air from the west, which is located in the Maghreb and up towards France, is brought to the east by the winds.
Serge Zaka, a climatologist, stated that this is a “very narrow rise in hot water generally concern one or two countries”. This heat plume will have devastating consequences for France and Spain this week. He said that the south-west part of France is especially concerned. The latest modeling outputs show that there are between 40 and 42 Atlantic arcs, which is very significant for mid-June. added.
Meteo-France says that the heat plume’s effects should be felt up to Sunday. Are there any heat waves coming soon? Very likely. The IPCC scientists stated in their most recent report that if global warming is not stopped, extreme weather events such as this heat plume and heat waves will continue to increase in frequency, duration, and intensity. continue to increase in the coming years and decades.
