José Coelho / Lusa
Several points of the country approach 40 degrees, Portel reaches this level. Counties of 12 districts in maximum danger.
More than 100 municipalities two districts of Bragança, Porto, Braga, Vila Real, Aveiro, Viseu, Coimbra, Guarda, Portalegre, Santarém, Castelo Branco and Faro are today in maximum danger of rural fireaccording to the IPMA.
The Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) also put very high and high risk almost every municipalities two 18 districts.
According to the institute’s calculations, the danger of rural fire will remain high in the next day in some districts.
This danger, determined by the IPMA, has five levels, ranging from reduced to maximum. Calculations are obtained from air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and quantity of precipitation in the last 24 hours.
According to the website of the Institute of Nature and Forest Conservation (ICNF), since the beginning of the year and to this day 2,999 Fire occurrenceshaving burned 8,278 hectares in rural spaces.
Because of the hot weather, the IPMA put under yellow warning The districts of Évora, Guarda, Beja, Castelo Branco and Portalegre until 18:00 today and Bragança and Vila Real until 21:00 on Wednesday.
IPMA predicts for the continent slightly cloudy or cleanweak wind to moderate and rise of the maximum temperature on the north and center coast and small descent in the Algarve.
Minimum temperatures will oscillate between 13 degrees Celsius (in Bragança) and 24 (in portalegre) and the maxims between 29 (in sagging) and the 39 (em Évora e Beja).
In addition to Évora and Beja, the district capitals with higher temperatures will be Braga (38 degrees), White Castle and Portalegre (37 degrees each).
There are several municipalities that should reach 39 degrees. These municipalities are in several districts: Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Évora and Beja.
In Évora, Portel It must even reach 40 degreesalthough the minimum expected temperature is 18 degrees.
