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The

Isolated Depression at High Levels (DANA)

that is brewing in the surroundings of the Azores Islands will be able to achieve a

drop in temperatures

from Saturday, when it is expected to

move to the Iberian Peninsula

, although "uncertainty remains" because "it is difficult to predict the movement of a

DANA

".

This has been explained by the spokesman for the State Meteorological Agency (

Aemet

), Rubén del Campo, who assures that the same DANA that is forming in North Africa and that has brought to

Spain

the mass of warm air that caused the wave of heat that the country experiences is the one that will be able to lower the temperatures as it approaches it.

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Spain is experiencing today the worst day of the first heat wave of the summer

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Spain is experiencing today the worst day of the first heat wave of the summer

From its current position, to the west of the Peninsula, DANA "drives these winds from the south, which bring very warm air loaded with haze", explains the expert, who expects this phenomenon

to approach Spain "from Thursday or of Friday"

.

"Although it is not entirely clear that it will manage to penetrate our territory," del Campo points out that "it seems that it would succeed on Saturday" and, in that case, temperatures would drop first in the western region "although they would rise in the east."

On Sunday the thermometer would mark

lower values

​​in a good part of the country "except in the Mediterranean area and the Balearic Islands", he specifies.

Meteored specialists also warn of this

DANA

that has caused "one of the

earliest

heat waves

since there are records" and for which almost the entire country suffers excessively high temperatures for these dates, which in some cases -such as Extremadura or Guadalquivir Valley - have approached

43 ºC.

"During the first half of this week there will be

extreme and extraordinary temperatures

for the month of June, precisely due to a DANA that could end up bringing intense storms and a cooling very soon," says Samuel Biener, an expert at Meteored, in a statement.

"Only the haze and the medium-high cloudiness could favor certain areas of the southwest not reaching such high values," warns Biener, and points out that "in the extreme north they will remain outside the heat wave, with mild temperatures and possible rain.

Tomorrow, the

DANA

will position itself over Madeira, predicts the meteorologist, and daytime temperatures will increase even more, which could reach 44 ºC in Badajoz, Córdoba and Seville "unless the haze prevents it", while during the early morning, in points of the interior and the southern half will not drop below 23-25 ​​ºC.

"

Anomalous values ​​are expected for mid-June

in practically the entire country, except in the extreme north, the

Canary Islands

and coastal points," adds Biener, who calls attention to the risk of fires, because "in addition to the very high temperatures, dry storms are expected in plenty of interior areas.

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