The director of forecasting and early warning of weather risks at the Meteorological Authority added, in exclusive statements to “The Seventh Day”, that the wave is hitting western Europe, Spain, France, Britain and Portugal, as a result of the presence of an air high over North Africa that affects these areas with high south to southeast winds. In its temperatures, it crosses the Mediterranean Sea from narrow areas near the Strait of Gibraltar, coinciding with an air rise in the upper layers of the atmosphere over Western Europe, which works to keep these extremely hot winds for close distances from the surface of the earth.
He continued, “It causes increases in temperatures there to approach the late thirties and early forties, sometimes exceeding the 40-degree mark,” noting that it is possible to repeat such waves in the summer in Western Europe again.
As for Egypt’s situation, Shaheen said: “Egypt is still affected by India’s seasonal depression and its impact causes rises in temperatures and increases in humidity, which increases our sense of a rise in temperatures, pointing out that the air masses that affect Western Europe are completely different from the masses. air that affects Egypt.