Temperatures in Alentejo could reach 46ºC this week

Rural Fire Danger will present the Maximum and Very High classes in almost all of the North and Central interior and in the interior of the Algarve until the end of this week

The weather situation in mainland Portugal, with very high values ​​of maximum and minimum air temperature, worsens as of today, the 12th. The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) predicts that a large part of the territory will reach values ​​of maximum temperature above 40°C for the next few days.

Thus, it is expected that the highest values ​​of air temperature may occur on the 13th or 14th in some places, especially in Alentejo, where values ​​of the order of 46°C can be recorded, in the Tagus valley, with 45 °C, and in the northeast of Trás-os-Montes, with values ​​between 40 and 44 °C.

Tropical nights persist (minimum temperature above 20°C) in most of the territory, at least until the night from 14 to 15.

Taking into account the weather forecast, mainly in relation to the maximum temperature, the IPMA has already issued red warnings for hot weather for some districts, the highest on the warning scale. This category includes the districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga, Porto, Bragança, Vila Real, Guarda. Castelo Branco and Portalegre.

the district of Faro is the only one under yellow warning, the others are under orange warning.

The wind intensity will be light to moderate and predominant from the east quadrant, sometimes being strong in the highlands, turning temporarily to the northwest on the west coast during the afternoon.

Due to these meteorological conditions and the forecast of low values ​​of relative humidity of the air, temporarily inferior to 20% in vast areas of the interior, the Danger of Rural Fire will present the Maximum and Very High classes in almost all the interior North and Center and in the interior of the Algarve until the end of this week.

This very hot weather situation results from the circulation of a very hot and dry air mass, originating in North Africa, which will persist until the 15th, with temperature values ​​above or much above average, with the exception of the coast.

 

 



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