Temperatures will rise as of this Monday (30), reaching values above 30 degrees nationwide and over 40 in the Alentejo region, due to a mass of Hot air, according to the Portuguese Institute of The Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA)
This is good news for those who are looking forward to the summer (19459004) : High temperatures have arrived. Despite a month of July with gray and cool days, high temperatures will already feel at the beginning of August .
During this week, the maximum temperatures will exceed (and much) the 30 degrees throughout the continental territory. And in some places, the temperature will exceed even 40 degrees – namely in Alentejo.
The heat is brought by a mass of warm air coming from North Africa, as Joana Sanches, meteorologist at the Instituto Português do Mar Atmosphere (IPMA), explains in a statement. statements to the Lusa agency: " We will have a low-lying region in western Morocco, which leads to the intensification of an eastern chain that will bring a mass of Hot and dry air
In Porto, the week begins with a sky of 24 degrees and a cloudy sky
On the islands, the forecast is for milder temperatures. In Ponta Delgada, maximum temperatures will be above 25 degrees.
Very high risk of UV exposure in almost the entire country
According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics With IPMA, the whole the country runs a very high risk of exposure to UV radiation.
The IPMA recommends the use of sunglasses with UV filter, hat, t-shirt parasol and sunscreen, in addition to (19659003) UV indexes vary between 1 and 2, where the risk of exposure to UV radiation is low, 3 to 5 (moderate), 6 to 7 (high), 8 to 10 [plus] More than 50 municipalities in Faro districts, Beja, Portalegre, Lisbon, Santarém, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Guarda, Viseu, Braga, Vila Real and Bragança
The fire risk determined by the IPMA includes five levels, which can vary between "reduced And "maximum".
In Portugal, August is often synonymous with heat. It is in August 2003 that the highest temperature ever recorded in the country – 47.4 degrees, in Amareleja. During this period – from July 30 to August 16, according to data from the IPMA, 1953 people died as a direct result of exposure to heat.
