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Climatologist Mário Marques explains that the increase in temperature is due to the fact that Anticyclone of the Azores moves slightly west, allowing a shift from a very hot, dry air mass from North Africa.
The Portuguese Institute of Sea and atmosphere points to the rise of temperature this week, it is expected that the heat will be until the end of the month. Temperatures can reach 40 degrees on Thursday. Climatologist Carlos Pires explains what can be expected for the coming days.
“From Thursday and Friday we will have a widespread climb of temperatures, especially in the Tagus Valley area, Setúbal, Lisbon, Évora, Beja, Faro. In the west zone not so much and in the Porto area, but we will have a sequence of very hot days, from Thursday, Friday, for example, in the Lisbon area we will reach 37, 38 degrees and we will have a sequence of hot tropical nights with minimums that around 22, 23 degrees, “says the expert.
The climatologist explains that this situation is due to the fact that Anticyclone of the Azores moves slightly west, allowing a shift from a very hot and dry air mass from North Africa.
On the climatologist says that “The hot weather will last. “
“In short -term forecasts, at least until the end of July, the early days of August, certainly. To be more sure, in a few days we can confirm this, but it is very likely that these temperatures, not necessarily with this thermal anomaly value, but hot weather will last, yes,” he says.
Carlos Pires also remembers that he has been watching a Vacancy of intense heat in Europe and that the month of June exceeded the 2003 record.
“This is worrying for several sectors. Just registering, for example, in June there have been 2,300 deaths directly associated with heat vacancies (…) we are a little out of normal, with these excessively long heat vacancies,” warns the climatologist who recommends the maximum care in the coming days, due to increased temperatures in Portugal as well.
