The Meteorological Directorate confirms gradual temperature decrease in northern and western parts of the country this week, except for the south and center where relatively hot weather will persist. Unstable clouds formation over Atlas highlands and eastern parts of the country will result in thunder showers at times.
Maximum temperatures will range between 19 and 25 degrees Celsius in Atlas highlands, the Mediterranean front, Tangiers and Atlantic coasts, and will range between 36 and 42 degrees Celsius in the far southeast and east of the southern regions. Temperatures in northern and central interior plains and the interior regions of Souss and southeastern slopes will be between 30 and 36 degrees Celsius. The rest of the regions will fluctuate between 26 and 31 degrees Celsius.
Last week, weather witnessed a significant rise in temperatures, especially in the south and center, as well as the interior regions of the north, exceeding seasonal average by 5 to 13 degrees during the spring season.
According to the data, maximum temperatures were recorded at 42 degrees in Sidi Slimane, 41 degrees in Marrakesh and Taroudant, 40 degrees in Bastat, and 39 degrees in Beni Mellal, Fez and Oujda, exceeding monthly record for April. Several cities recorded temperatures higher than the April record.
Meteorologists attribute this rise in temperatures to the activity of the desert depression that formed a southeastern current leading to the rise of hot, dry air masses from the Sahara desert. These hot air masses moved to the north of the country and spread to southern Europe, especially southern Spain and Portugal.
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