2 minutes agoEuropean temperatures reach 45 degrees, heat has also affected Scandinavian
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)High temperatures records, which usually mark in the second part of July or early August, are expected to be broken in parts of Europe this week, as an unprecedented and potentially deadly wave of heat will encompass the continent, meteorologists say. Weather experts expect past records [...]
Weather experts expect previous June temperatures to be achieved or exceeded in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, while records of all time are expected in some states to be broken.
The latest “Forecast leaves little room for doubt. We're going to a new national record”, said Guillaume Woznica, French meteorologist, indicating that “Meteo-French” envisions the maximum temperature going to 45 degrees in the southern towns of Mies and Carpentras on Friday.
The highest temperature in the past in France in June 2003, when the figure of 41.5 degrees was shown in the thermometer. The highest temperature of all time in France was marked on August 12, 2003, and was 44.1 degrees.
High temperatures are expected to prevail in much of Europe, ranging from Spain to the Czech Republic. The combination of a storm break over the Atlantic Ocean and high air pressure in the central part of Europe has caused hot air masses to penetrate from the Sahara Desert.
Scientists say that hot weather can be especially dangerous when it appears in early summer before people are prepared for it. By the 2003 heat wave in Europe, some 70 thousand people had died.
According to a 2015 report by the World Meteorology Organization, heat waves that appear in the first part of summer have a greater impact on causing victims than in the middle or late hot season, writes The Guardian”.
