Fires: Mainland Portugal without fires early this Friday morning!
Lisbon, Aug 26, 2022 (Lusa) – At 6:30 am today, there were no active fires in mainland Portugal, on a day when several concepts from seven districts once again present maximum rural fire danger, according to civil protection and IPMA data.
According to the website of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC), at 06:30 there were no fires in progress and seven fires were resolved, which mobilized 529 operatives, with the support of 154 vehicles.
In conclusion, 217 fires, which mobilized 401 operators, with the help of 117 land resources.
In the early hours of the morning, at 00:30, the civil protection website indicates 10 active fires.
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) today put more than 50 municipalities in the districts of Braga, Vila Real, Bragança, Guarda, Viseu, Coimbra and Castelo Branco at maximum risk of rural fire.
The IPMA also includes several municipalities in Viana do Castelo, Braga, Porto, Aveiro, Vila Real, Bragança, Viseu, Coimbra, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Guarda, Santarém, Portalegre, Lisbon, Beja and Faro in very high and high fire danger. rural.
The rural fire danger will remain high in some regions of the continent at least until Tuesday, according to the Institute.
What is determined according to the IPMA, has the maximum, and the temperature levels from the temperature and the highest levels, from the temperature and the highest quantity of quality, at least in the last 24 hours.
The IPMA forecast for today on the continent with clear or cloudy skies, with periods of greater cloudiness on the north and central coast and in the south until mid-morning, and may persist in some places along the western coast.
From the afternoon, a temporary increase in cloud cover is expected in the North and Center interior, where there is a possibility of showers and thunderstorms.
The forecast also points to light to moderate wind, sometimes being strong in the highlands, until the end of the morning and the end of the day, and a small rise in the maximum temperature on the North and Central coast.
The minimum temperatures range between 14 degrees Celsius (in Coimbra) and 20 (in Faro) and the maximum between 28 (in Leiria and Lisbon) and 37 (in Castelo Branco).