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Havana, Jul 23 (RHC) Like every summer, the stifling temperatures are again the subject of many conversations, which do not hesitate to say that the current heat far exceeds that of previous years, but a specialist says that in Cuba, a heat wave is impossible.
Even, there is no speculation about the possibility that in our archipelago there will be a heat wave in the coming days, given the persistence of consecutive days with predominance of very hot thermal sensations, due to the combined effect of intense solar radiation, weak wind, high relative humidity, decreased precipitation and shortened daytime and nighttime temperature values.
To clarify these concerns, Granma He contacted Dr. Ramón Pérez Suárez, a researcher at the Climate Center of the Institute of Meteorology, who stated that the aforementioned phenomenon Meno refers to particular atmospheric situations of latitudes averages and continental areas, when temperatures reach values above 40 degrees Celsius, which, along with low ambient humidity, cause death of humans due to dehydration and other causes. 19659002] In the specific case of Cuba, he baderts, his island state makes the occurrence of such events extremely unlikely, since the sea breeze will always be a mitigating factor, so that extreme scenarios are not recorded. the atmosphere caused by the typical rains of the summer evenings.
Professor Pérez Suárez pointed out that the concept of a heat wave depends not only on the behavior of temperatures, but also on the impact they cause, hence the definition of national meteorological services. its own thresholds of this variable to clbadify a process of high temperatures as a heat wave.
Compared with what has happened in previous summers, the specialist indicated that there was no absolute maximum temperature record in June, while the monthly average was very close to normal with an anomaly of 0.2 degrees Celsius. In the first two months of July, there is also no report of a new primacy of the maximum and the highest record until that date is 37.3 degrees Celsius, in Veguitas, Granma, the 17th. It should be remembered that the seventh month Calendar 2015 was established eleven heat record.
While the current summer period in Cuba remains in the normal range, between 1951 and 2010, the average temperature in the summer phase increased by 0.8 degrees Celsius, this confirms the trend towards a warmer climate in the country.
The above, emphasized Dr. Ramón Pérez, is gradually leading us to extreme heat values over the years, but at least for the moment, our island condition protects us from so-called waves.
(Granma)
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