The Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) has raised to red (source in Portuguese) the warnings for the districts of Lisbon and Setúbal from midnight on Thursday until the end of the day on Friday, due to the “persistence of extremely high temperatures, both maximum and minimum”.
Coimbra and Leiria will also be under a red warning (the highest level on the scale, which signals an “extreme weather risk situation”) on Friday and on Saturday because of the hot, dry weather.
The districts of Castelo Branco, Portalegre, Évora and Beja are already this Wednesday under an orange warning (the second-highest level on the scale, which signals a “moderate to high weather risk situation”), which will be extended to the whole of mainland Portugal on Friday.
Maximum temperatures are expected to exceed 35 degrees across the country, with values above 40 degrees especially in inland and southern areas, and could reach 43 degrees in the Alentejo at least until Monday of next week.
Minimum temperatures will also be above 20°C in much of the mainland, with some regions where temperatures may not fall below 24 to 28°C for several nights, including Greater Lisbon.
