According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), this Thursday, 21 municipalities in Faro, Castelo Branco, Portalegre and Santarém pose the highest rural fire risk.
IPMA has also placed about 70 municipalities in Faro, Beja, Santarem, Portalegre, Castelo Branco, Leiria, Lisbon, Coimbra, Viseu, Guarda, Vila Real and Bragança at very high risk.
Other municipalities in all areas of the mainland are at high fire risk.
Given the weather, the fire hazard will continue until at least Monday.
This risk, as defined by IPMA, has five levels, from reduced to maximum, and calculations are made based on air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and rainfall over the past 24 hours.
Since the beginning of the year, 4356 fires have already affected 9204 hectares of rural areas.
IPMA predicts generally clear skies for the continent today, occasional strong winds on the west coast south of Cabo da Roca and in the highlands, and a slight increase in maximum temperature and a decrease in minimum temperature in the northern and central regions.
Minimum temperatures will range from 14 degrees Celsius (Porto, Vila Real, Viseu, Guarda and Coimbra) to 24 (in Faro) and maximum temperatures from 24 (in Aveiro) to 37 (in Evora, Beja and Castelo Branco).
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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