The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) forecasts for this Monday, on the peninsula, clear or cloudy skies, with morning cloudiness in the north and central coast and sometimes strong wind in the western coastal strip, in the western Algarve and in the highlands.

The forecast also points to the possibility of the formation of fog or morning mist in some parts of the north and central coast, a slight drop in the minimum temperature in the north and center interior and an increase in the south coast of the Algarve and the maximum in the west coast of the South region.

A minimum temperatures will fluctuate between 13 degrees Celsius (in Braga and Viana do Castelo) and 28 (in Faro) and the maximum between 24 (in Aveiro and Viana do Castelo) and 40 (in Faro).

This drop in temperature, however, does not reduce the risk of fire, there are nearly a hundred municipalities of 11 districts of continental Portugal with maximum risk of rural fire, according to the Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera.

It is the case of: Faro, Beja, Portalegre, Castelo Branco, Santarém, Leiria, Guarda, Coimbra, Viseu, Vila Real and Bragança.

The IPMA also placed several municipalities in all districts of mainland Portugal at maximum, very high and high risk of rural fire.

According to the Institute, the Rural fire danger will remain high in some regions of the continentbut it will decrease until Friday.

Fire danger, determined by the IPMA, has five levels, ranging from low to high, and calculations are obtained from air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and the amount of precipitation in the last 24 hours. hours.

Faro, Costa e Sul and mountainous regions of Madeira under orange heat alert

On the other hand, the district of Faro and the southern coast and mountainous regions of the island of Madeira are under orange alert due to the persistence of high maximum temperature valuesaccording to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere.

These the zones will be with orange warning until 18:00 this Monday due to the heat, then turning yellow until 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

The districts of Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Setúbal, Évora and Beja will be on yellow notice until 6:00 p.m. this Monday, also due to the heat.