strong heat wave It crosses Europe, with temperatures recorded in France, Switzerland, Germany and Spain. But for now, Portugal is saved. The image above, taken by the Copernicus software hardware on Tuesday, July 11, shows a vast expanse of Spanish territory painted in shades of red and black.
In some areas of Extremadura, soil surface temperatures exceeded 60 °C (Not to be confused with air temperature), as shown in the visualization of data from measurements by the Land-Sea Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR), an instrument on the Sentinela 3 satellites that allows detailed monitoring of Earth’s surface temperature.
“The ongoing heat wave this week in Spain means that a total of 13 autonomous communities are at extreme risk (red alert), high risk (orange alert) and dangerous (yellow alert) due to extreme temperatures that, in some cases, exceed 40°C and reach to a maximum of 43°C”, Indicates Note from Copernicus, European Earth Observation Service.
In Portugal, there are currently no weather forecasts for possible heat waves, according to the meteorological service of the Portuguese Institute of the Seas and Atmosphere (IPMA). Only for the Faro region does it give a hot weather warning, which should remain until Friday next week. The Algarve region and inland Alentejo and Castelo Branco must remain the hottest regions in the country.
“There is a possibility of some cloudiness and light precipitation in the north area from Wednesday. This is because we will get an approach of a cold front surface with little activity in the northern part of the Iberian Peninsula,” explained meteorologist Patricia Gomez, from IPMA, to PÚBLICO.
