Temperatures will rise from Wednesday in continental Portugal, reaching 40 degrees Celsius on Thursday in some regions, which will cause a significant increase in rural fire riskaccording to the IPMA.
For this Tuesday and tomorrow [quarta-feira] The maximum temperatures will be between 25 and 35 degreeshighest in the interior, and lowest among the 15 and 20 degreesbut as of Thursday we have a different situation with an increase in temperature to values between 35 and 40which may be higher in some places, especially in the Tagus Valley, inland Alentejo, Algarve and Eastern Algarve“, said meteorologist Bruno Café, from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA).
According to Bruno Café, as of Wednesday, a “Flow of the quadrant east in the circulation of an anticyclone Located to the northeast of the Azores, extending in a ridge to Central Europe, it will transport a mass of hot and dry air over the territory of the continent”.
“In addition to the highs, we will also have a rise in the lows associated with tropical nightsthat is, above 20 degrees in some places such as the Algarve, the mountains and the Tagus Valley”, he said.
According to Bruno Café, these weather conditions are also associated with low values of relative air humiditywill cause a significant increase in rural fire danger over the next several days.
“Here is a combination of both rising temperatures and falling relative humidity, either in the afternoon or at night, and an increase in wind intensity in the northern interior highlands and central eastern quadrant. . All of this will slowly increase the danger of rural fires in the coming days,” he said.
According to the IPMA meteorologist, this situation of heat, with high temperatures, should continue at least until the middle of the month.
“Everything indicates that the trend until the middle of the month should continue. There may be some fluctuations in temperatures, but in general the trend will be to continue until the middle of the month, this does not mean that this cannot be prolonged, ”he said.
Bruno Café also said that for this Tuesday and Wednesday there are conditions of instability due to depressionSo the occurrence of downpours and storm in the North and Center regions, especially in the interior.
Source: Observadora
