José Sena Goulão / Lusa
An “hot-time episode”, scheduled for between today and Wednesday in mainland Portugal, should be “considerably severe” for the maximum duration and temperatures foreseen, between 36 and 44 degrees Celsius, warned the Portuguese Institute of Sea and atmosphere.
In a statement issued Thursday, the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) states that the Hot Time Episode should be “predictably verified Until August 6with a high degree of confidence. ”
There will be a slight temporary descent Maximum temperatures on Friday on the west coast and eventually on Tuesday.
Thus, it refers to the IPMA, “the values of the maximum temperatures will be above average, or far above averagefor the time of year ”, so“ it is very likely ”that in much of the continental territory, particularly“If you can actually register a heat wave.”
“This hot -time episode should be considerably severeeither for its duration and the values of the maximum temperatures that will be very high, ”warns the IPMA.
From Sunday, the maxims should vary Between 36 and 40 degrees Celsiuscom Exception only from some locals in the coastal stripwhere they will be inferior.
No interior of Alentejo, Tagus Valley and part of the Douro Valleymaximum temperatures should reach values between 41 and 44 degrees Celsius.
In addition, the IPMA adds, they predict “tropical nights In general of the territory ”, with minimal temperatures ranging approximately between 20 and 25 degrees Celsius from Monday.
Due to forecasts, the IPMA has already put All districts of Portugal continental, except for Faro, under Orange Warning between 09:00 and 18:00 Sundaydue to the “persistence of very high values of maximum temperature”.
Until Sunday morning, the 17 districts – Bragança, Viseu, Évora, Porto, Guarda, Vila Real, Setúbal, Santarém, Viana do Castelo, Lisbon, Leiria, Beja, Castelo Branco, Aveiro, Coimbra, Portalegre and Braga – will be under yellow warning, also due to high maximum temperature values.
O Faro district It will be under yellow warning between 09:00 Saturday and 18:00 Sunday, equally due to the persistence of high values of maximum temperature.
O orange warning, the second most serious On a scale of three, it is issued by the IPMA whenever there is a “meteorological situation of moderate to high and yellow risk, the least severe, when there is a risk situation for certain activities dependent on the meteorological situation.
According to the IPMA, this hot -time episode is associated with “the joint action of a anticyclone located northeast of the Azores archipelagoin crest to the Gulf of Biscaia, and a depressive valley that extends from the north of Africa to the Iberian Peninsula, which in its circulation carry masses of tropical air, very hot and dry, originating in the North Africa. ”
