The thermometers of Brazil They don’t stop going up and they’re already scoring temperatures oppressive in some cities. Mainly in Rio de Janeiro and other regions of central Brazil. This Tuesday alone, the highest wind chill on record was 58.5°C in the town of Guaratibain the western part of the Rio country.
The highest temperatures of the day were observed in the state of San Pablo. At 10:25 (local time in Brazil), Jundiai was the place hottest with 38ºCand a thermal sensation of 63ºC.
According to the Rio Operations Center, the city recorded about 36°Cwith thermals close to 42°C. It is the highest since 2014when the River Alert system began taking measurements.
It is estimated that Cuiabá may have been the capital warmer of the country this Tuesday, with a temperature that would reach 41°C according to him Inmet (National Institute of Meteorology). In second place he would have followed Teresina, in Piauí, with 39°C.
São Paulo, once a state with milder temperatures in Brazil, due to a combination of factors had an abysmal transformationwhich brought him highlights heat waves of the second half of 2023.
The reason is that San Pablo is very close to the center of the “heat dome”, which is over the states of Mato Grosso do Sul, part of Mato Grosso, in addition to Paraguay. The dome is a high pressure system that is parked over a certain area, causing the heat “concentrate and feed back”as explained by a specialist.
In addition, the warm winds of the high pressure system turn towards San Pablo. They are winds from the northern and northeastern regions, which they carry hot air directly to that State.
Urbanization, a determining factor in heat accumulation
Another strong point, according to experts, is the “strong urbanization of San Pablowhich generates a cement and asphalt island. At night, the heat absorbed by the urbanized surface is released and the thermal sensation worsens,” they explained.
Heat wave in Rio: red alert for next week
According to Inmet reports, next week the country it will be red again. They issued an alert, valid until next Friday, that places the entire state of Rio in a zone of “great danger” due to the heat wave.
Source: Ambito
