Yellow heat warning this Wednesday in Antequera

Málaga/The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued a yellow heat warning for this Wednesday in the region of Antequera, with maximum temperatures that may reach 38 degrees. The province of Málaga had been free from high temperature alerts for several days, which are especially affecting inland areas. In fact, this day only Almería is spared.

According to the detailed forecast by Aemet, the northern area of the Antequera region will be the most affected by this heat episode. Here, towns like Fuente de Piedra (38), Alameda (37), Campillos (37), and Cuevas de San Marcos (37) will record the highest temperatures, while in the Guadalhorce Valley the mercury will range from 33 degrees in Cártama, to 35 in Ardales, and 36 forecasted in Álora.

In the rest of the province, temperatures will remain with little change compared to the past days. Thus, Málaga city will have maximums of 32 degrees, with lows of 23; Vélez-Málaga will be between 23 and 33; Marbella, from 22 to 28; and Ronda from 22 to 36.

In general, Aemet forecasts for this Wednesday in Málaga mostly clear skies, with intervals of medium and high clouds. On the coast, intervals of low clouds and mists. Additionally, there will continue to be a slight presence of suspended dust. Temperatures will locally rise, with light variable winds, tending to a southern component in the central hours.

Only Almería is spared from the warnings

High temperatures will continue to hit the Andalusian community, with an increase in the number of regions under orange level alert. For this Wednesday, extreme heat warnings of up to 40 degrees will be decreed in Córdoba, Jaén, and Sevilla, and yellow level in the rest of Andalusia, except in Almería.

According to the State Meteorological Agency, the orange heat warning will be active this Wednesday from 13:00 to 21:00 in the Cordoban and Sevillian countryside, as well as in the Jiennense regions of the Guadalquivir Valley and Morena and Condado and Cazorla and Segura, where maximums of up to 40ºC are expected.

Meanwhile, the yellow heat warning will continue to be in effect during the same hours in various areas of Huelva, such as Aracena, Andévalo, and Condado; as well as in the regions of Sierra and Pedroche, in Córdoba, in the Sierra Sur of Sevilla, and in Antequera, where thermometers could register up to 39 degrees.

This same yellow alert will be active in the Cadiz countryside, in the Genil Basin, in Granada, and in Cazorla and Segura, in Jaén, where temperatures could reach 39 degrees and, even, occasionally hit 40°C.