Areas of the country are experiencing intense temperatures which are not typical for the time of year.
A weather map from the MET office shows parts of Spain and Portugal under unseasonal temperatures(Image: MET Office )
Swathes of Spain are experiencing temperatures of up to 41C as the country sizzles under an intense Iberian heatwave this week. The mercury in Seville is to soar to an unseasonal 41C. And neighbouring Portugal is also experiencing the weather front with Lisbon seeing highs of 37C, according to the MET office.
Today, Thursday, was one of the hottest days forecast and that is set to continue all weekend. At this time of year, temperatures are usually a more manageable 28C in the south of the country. The hot weather has prompted warnings from Spain’s weather forecasters.
While the heat will ease off slightly at the start of next week, the temperatures have seen the Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET), Spain’s equivalent of the MET Office, issue temperature warnings for Seville, Cordoba, Lleida, Tarragona and Valle del Guadalquivir, reports The Express.
For the next four days, temperatures in Seville will reach spike, with the UV level reaching 10.
Met Office advice for a UV level of that scale is to spend time in the shade between 11AM and 3PM. Humidity is set to sit around 40% during the mornings and drop during the day.
Seville is sizzling in temperatures up to 41C(Image: Getty Images)
Temperatures overnight will stay at around 25°C.
The AEMET has also warned of storms on Friday, May 30, in many areas in the north and south of the country.
The Spanish forecaster said the phenomenon is due to the presence of a “powerful anticyclone” in the Azores which will reach the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands.
The anticyclone will carry warm, dry and dusty air from Africa over Andalusia, the Alboran Sea and the central peninsula.
North-western Spain and the north of Portugal are expected to be the areas where temperatures are the coolest.
The forecasted floods will spark fears for authorities, coming months after more than 224 people died in floods in Valencia and surrounding areas.
And spiralling temperatures will also be cause for concern as in recent years the country has been devastated by wildfires.
In 2017, Galicia in northern Spain was savaged by a natural blaze, while in 2022 Spain was the worst-hit country in the EU’s second-worst wildfire season on record.
And in 2024, hundreds of firefighters were deployed to tackle wildfires near Valencia, where hundreds of residents in a nearby village had to evacuated.
The country has also had water shortage problems in recent years due to long spells of hot weather.
The UK is also set to be hit with warm weather with temperatures forecast to hit 29C in parts of the country.
Weather charts have revealed an Iberian jet stream and the 29C temperatures will hit one part of the country on June 11, reports the Mirror.
A forecast map from Netweather for 3pm on 11 June has predicted the warmest temperatures will be felt in southeastern England. This forecast has suggested the area in and around London could reach a high of 29C.
It has shown most of England and parts of northern Scotland under a blanket of red temperatures.