EUROPE was baked by an immense heatwave last month, smashing record temperature and dangerously hot conditions appeared like another stroke could be approaching soon. In June, France recorded its all-time hottest temperature, reaching 45.9C.
Most countries of the continent have had some relief from the heatwave over the past two weeks after a deadly heatwave swept in from the Sahara desert. Northwestern winds swept down over Europe, cooling much of the continent. But some forecasters are starting to see patterns turning towards sweltering conditions once again in a coming week.
A tweet from the MetDesk’s WX Charts company said: “We could be looking at another round of extreme European heat next week.
“One to watch for now, but the signal [for a heatwave] is there.”
The tweet was followed by a map which shows an alarming black spot over France, extending down into Spain and up into Belgium.
Heatwaves occur across northern Europe when high atmospheric pressure push hot air upward from northern Africa, Portugal, and Spain which further results in raising temperatures and increasing humidity.
Europe is also on the verge of another threat of severe thunderstorms and hail. The BBC has issued warnings about intense series of thunderstorms that will pass over Italy and Greece in the coming week.
Meteorologist Chris Fawkes said: “So looking at the weather picture for Tuesday: the threat of severe thunderstorms across southern parts of Italy, along with parts of Greece.
“We could have some flash flooding from these storms.
“Also the risk of some damaging wind gusts and some fairly large hail as well.”
He added: “On Wednesday we see those thunderstorms working their way into the western areas of Turkey.”
By Wednesday the dry weather will smoothen the way for a low-pressure wet weather wave moving in from the west. After that, Europe could face temperature escalation again.
