Aemet upgrades weather alert to amber for Malaga, western Costa del Sol and Guadalhorce valley areas

Malaga province will bid farewell to the week with even more heat. So much so that Spain's state weather agency (Aemet) Aemet has upgraded a yellow warning for high temperatures from 1pm to 9pm to amber. Aemet forecasts that thermometers will reach 39C in Malaga city, the western Costa del Sol and Guadalhorce areas. And not only that: the hot 'terral' winds will blow from inland, which has prompted Malaga city council to activate the Municipal Emergency Plan for high temperatures. Addtionally, the yellow alert already issued for the Axarquía area will remain in place during the same timeframe.

On Saturday, Álora in the Guadalhorce valley recorded the highest temperature in Andalucía and the second highest in the whole of Spain with the thermometer registering 42.3C in the afternoon while in Coín it reached 43.2 degrees at six o'clock in the afternoon and 38C in Antequera.

In the rest of the Andalusian provinces, temperatures will also be high and will border or exceed 30C, but Aemet has not activated any other weather warnings for the region this 21 July. In general, clear skies are expected in Andalucía, with light to moderate westerly winds, with strong westerly winds on the coast of Malaga and the Strait of Gibraltar, turning easterly in the far east at the end of the day.

For Monday, however, there are yellow high temperature warnings in Cordoba, Jaen and Seville, as it will reach 38C and could even register 40 degrees during the day, so the notice is in force, initially, from one in the afternoon until nine o'clock at night.