Heat and Storms in Spain
Talk about scorching heat, sudden storms and weather warnings like a local.
Spanish summers bring heatwaves over 40 degrees, and late summer often brings sudden violent storms with hail and flooding. AEMET issues yellow, orange and red avisos, and people keep the persianas down and stay in at midday. The cards follow one day in Seville from a scorching morning to a storm and its aftermath.
- 1
¿Qué tiempo va a hacer hoy?
What's the weather going to be like today?
- 2
Hoy vamos a estar a cuarenta grados.
It's going to hit forty degrees today.
- 3
Hace muchísimo calor.
It's incredibly hot.
- 4
Baja las persianas para que no entre el calor.
Pull the blinds down so the heat doesn't get in.
- 5
Hay aviso por ola de calor.
There's a heatwave warning.
- 6
Hace mucho bochorno.
It's really muggy.
- 7
No salgas a mediodía.
Don't go out at midday.
- 8
Parece que va a haber tormenta.
It looks like there's going to be a storm.
- 9
Hay aviso naranja por lluvias.
There's an orange warning for rain.
- 10
Está lloviendo a cántaros.
It's pouring down.
- 11
Coge el paraguas.
Take the umbrella.
- 12
¿Has oído ese trueno?
Did you hear that thunder?
- 13
¡Está granizando!
It's hailing!
- 14
Se ha ido la luz.
The power's gone out.
- 15
La calle está inundada.
The street is flooded.
- 16
No cojas el coche, hay carreteras cortadas.
Don't take the car, roads are closed.
- 17
¿Estáis todos bien?
Are you all OK?
- 18
Ya ha escampado.
It's stopped raining now.
- 19
Mañana va a refrescar.
Tomorrow it's going to cool down.
- 20
¡Menudo cambio de tiempo!
What a change in the weather!