Living in a record breaking heat wave
Definition heatwave: A period of minimum 5 consecutive days where the temperature rises above 25C and that includes a minimum of 3 days with 'tropical' temperatures of above 30C. (definition according to Belgian and the Dutc h meteorological na tional services) Fact : Since 17/06 the temperature has been every day above 25C and 7 out of those 11 days so far have been above 30C. The last couple of days we've had temperatures between 35C and 39,97C (in Kleinen-Brogel) and a code Red for temperature declared for the first time in the eastern provinces while the rest of the country has been days under code Orange. While currently temperatures finally dip a little to bearable levels between 25-30C, the daily maximum temparatures will not go below under 25C in the next 10 days predictions. On the contrary, within 10 days we'll rise above 30C again which could make this in a 24 day heatwave. An online metereologist just joked on social med...
