Immet warns the danger of extreme rainfall in Brazil

 

The potential danger alerts were published until next Wednesday (5) due to the heat wave of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina

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In February it began with high temperatures in almost all of Brazil. But, according to the National Institute of Meteorology (IMMET), thermometers should reach even higher brands in the south of the country.

The agency issued alerts of potential danger and danger until next Wednesday (5). The projection indicates that the heat wave can cause the temperatures to be up to 5 ° C above the weather average in the areas of the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina.

Maximum temperatures can reach 40 ° C

  • The orange warning leaves much of the Rio Grande Sul, highlighting the south -west and north -the state, as well as the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre.
  • The yellow warning is valid for the west of Santa Catarina, the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre and the north -west of Gaucho.
  • The forecast indicates maximum temperatures between 35 ° C and 40 ° C, in a large area of the Gaucho state.
  • Thermometers can also be closer to 40 ° C in Greater Porto Alegre in the coming days.
Thermometer that marks 39 ºC on a hot day in a city
Temperatures can reach 40 ° C in the coming days (image: Paulo Pinto/Agência Brazil)

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Above the average rainfall in February

In the rest of the country, the immet forecast indicates the rainfall between the weather and the average higher than much of the northern and northern regions. The exception is the areas of Eastern Acre, southern Paraá and Amazonas, part of Rondônia and Tocantins, as well as Bahia, where rain volumes can be below the average.

Woman with umbrellas walking on a street in São Paulo while it rains
Rain may be above average in some regions of Brazil (image: Cris Faga/Shutterstock)

Volumes less than 80 mm for the east of Bahia, Alagoas and Sergipe are expected. In the midwest and southeast regions, medium rainfall may occur. However, in the northern parts -Mato Grosso, north of Mato Grosso do Sul, Oriental São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, the tendency is the predominance of nearby precipitation and even above the climatological average, with volumes that can exceed 160 mm.

The forecast also indicates above average temperatures in much of the country, with values above 26 ° C, especially in the northern and northern regions -East.

 

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