In a month and a half already first heat wave? Summer could get very hot due to drought

According to Météo Belgique, the weather models are unanimous in the long term: the whole of Europe, and Belgium in particular, is expected to experience a warmer summer than normal.

May Will be changeable, but warmer and drier than normal, the Walloon weather forecast predicts. “And in June It is expected to be even warmer, although thunderstorms can also occur more often, especially in the second half of the month. We may get a first heat wave in mid -June ”, it says. July The current trends point to even more extreme circumstances and it is expected to get very hot. The average temperature can be no less than 2 degrees Celsius higher than normal. « 

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We also amazed that the prognoses indicate a very warm summer. « The opposite would be much more impressive, » he says. « Long -term predictions are always difficult, but the omens are already there. We are experiencing a very dry spring in our country. The rain zones are really ignoring this year. There is almost nothing from the air, which means that the soil is already very dry. » This means that all the energy of the sunlight can be used to raise the air temperature.

Sponge

« Nevertheless, we have to continue to » keep talking about « , » the weatherman nuances. “You can compare the atmosphere with a sponge. The warmer it is, the bigger the sponge becomes and the more water it can absorb. That water does not necessarily have to be dropped, but if you erase the sponge, much more can come out than usual and you get a lot of precipitation in a short time. Just think of what happened a few years ago, our bottom is already falthed again. days or three weeks further before it is completely dried out again. « 

For the time being, however, no heavy rainfall is expected. « It looks like we will certainly not get much rainfall in our country until beyond May. »