A look at the weather in Europe. We are facing heat waves

The weather these days is breaking records in Europe. The peak will come over the weekend, with the warmest temperatures in southern Europe.

As reported by several European news portals, magazines and weather stations, this week the temperature rose above 30 degrees, simultaneously in several regions of Europe.

"It's hot in Germany - especially in the west and south, temperatures reached up to 33 degrees," meteorologist Jan Schenk explained in an interview with FOCUS online. According to the expert, the upcoming weekend will be particularly interesting: "It could be even hotter."

"Cooler air is flowing to us directly from the north. Temperatures there will drop by up to ten degrees. It's not dramatic, but it will definitely cool down significantly," explains Jan Schenk. The southwest will initially remain largely untouched and will remain at a warmer level. From Friday, temperatures will then rise again everywhere before the heat wave fully develops on Saturday and especially Sunday.

While in Germany and other Central European countries there is talk of possible temperatures of up to 35 degrees Celsius, southern Europe is suffering under completely different conditions. In southern Spain, temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius are expected. Similar forecasts are made for almost the entire Mediterranean.

“40 degrees in southern Spain – I definitely wouldn’t want that here in May,” Schenk emphasizes. In direct comparison, the weather in Germany is very summery, but it is still far from extreme temperature peaks.

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