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Ângela Lourenço, an on-call meteorologist at the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), told Lusa that the weather will remain warm today, with generally clear skies and wind blowing from the eastern quadrant, sometimes more intense in the highlands. especially in the morning and at the end of the day.
“We will continue with the heat that has been registered in recent days, with wind from the east quadrant, little or no cloudiness and, in terms of temperatures, we will have temperatures above 30 degrees in most of the territory, with values between 35 and 40 degrees in many parts of the interior, ”he said.
According to the IPMA forecast, Alentejo and the Ribatejo region will have the highest temperatures, with a maximum temperature of 34 degrees for Lisbon and Porto, with Faro, “a little cooler”, reaching 28 degrees.
“This hot situation will continue for the next few days, at least until Tuesday,” said Ângela Lourenço.
At present, Portugal has 13 districts north of the Tagus and Portalegre in a state of alert due to the forecast of increase in temperature and wind, and reduction of relative humidity.
In addition to Portalegre, the measure covers the districts of Aveiro, Braga, Bragança, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Guarda, Leiria, Lisbon, Porto, Santarém, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real and Viseu.
Faced with adverse forecasts, Civil Protection activated the special orange alert status for the same districts, the second most serious on a scale of four.
The four remaining districts of the continent, Setúbal, Évora, Beja and Faro, are in a special state of yellow alert.
In this context, Civil Protection expects a “gradual increase in the risk of fire, especially in the North and Center regions”, and a “greater difficulty in putting down rural fires.”
According to the declaration of the alert situation decreed by the Government, “access, circulation and permanence within forest spaces, previously defined in the municipal plans for the defense of the forest against fires, as well as in forest roads, rural roads to cross “.
It is also prohibited to carry out “burning and burning of exploration leftovers”, to use fireworks, and “the authorizations that have been issued in the districts” are suspended “in orange alert.
“Zero tolerance to the use of fire,” warned the Secretary of State for Civil Protection, Patrícia Gaspar, when announcing the Government’s decision this Friday, noting that the prohibitions and restrictions also include “work in rural and forest areas, especially with machinery “.
