According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), all areas on the mainland and south coast of Madeira will be under an orange warning from Monday to Wednesday due to a hot weather forecast.
On the mainland, the areas of Bragança, Guarda, Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Évora, Beja, Setúbal and Faro are under an orange warning from 1:00 to 23:00 on Wednesday due to the persistence of very high maximum temperatures.
The areas of Viana do Castelo, Braga, Vila Real, Porto, Aveiro, Viseu, Coimbra, Leiria, Santarém and Lisbon, which are under yellow warning due to hot weather, change color to orange at 00:00 Tuesday and until 23 :00. from Wednesday.
The IPMA also placed the south coast of Madeira under an orange warning until 11pm Tuesday due to hot weather, then changed to yellow until 11pm Wednesday.
The north coast of Madeira and Porto Santo are also under yellow warning until 23:00 Wednesday.
An orange warning indicates a meteorological situation of moderate to high risk, and a yellow warning is issued by IPMA whenever a risk situation arises for certain meteorologically dependent activities.
IPMA predicts temperatures will rise in the coming days, warning that the maximum could reach over 40 degrees in some places.
According to the IPMA, “a general increase in maximum temperatures is expected in the coming days, with values that between the 21st and 24th will be close to 40°C in the South, the interior of the North and the Center, and can sometimes reach 44°C in some places in Alentejo and the Tagus Valley.
On the northern and central coast, the maximum temperature will be lower, with values from 30 to 35°C, “lower in the coastal strip”.
At night, minimum temperatures will also be high, “with values above 20°C (tropical nights) in most of the area and may not even fall below 25°C in some places in the Algarve, Alentejo and Beira. “.
IPMA predicts that temperatures will only start to fall from Friday, “reaching normal values for the season over the weekend of the 26th and 27th.”
The IPMA explains that the increase in temperature is due to “the anticyclonic ridge that stretches from the Azores to Central Europe, helping to transport a mass of hot and dry air originating from North Africa across the continent.”
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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