Almost 20 municipalities in the districts of Castelo Branco, Santarém, Portalegre and Faro present maximum fire danger on Monday, according to calculations by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere.
You northern and central interior districts and Faro most of the municipalities are in very high danger.
In high danger is most of the northern, central and southern coastal zone, except for the Algarve region.
The fire danger, determined by the IPMA, has five levels, ranging from the minimum to the maximum and the calculations are obtained from the air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and the amount of precipitation in the last 24 hours.
In addition to maximum fire danger, districts of Portalegre, Castelo Branco, Beja, Setúbal and Évora They are under a yellow warning for heat this Monday until 9:00 p.m., according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA).
Weather forecasts point to cloudy or clear skies this Monday, with sometimes strong winds on the west coast and mountains, especially from the afternoon. still expected small temperature dropespecially in the North and Center regions, although the maximum temperatures vary between 37 degrees Celsius in Évora and Castelo Branco and 23 degrees in Aveiro.
The yellow warning, the least serious of a scale of three, is issued by the IPMA whenever there is a risk situation for certain activities depending on the weather situation.
Source: Observadora
