Aemet foresees unfavorable conditions for extinction of the Villanueva de Viver fire due to the west and heat

CASTELLÓN, 24 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The territorial delegation of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) foresees unfavorable conditions in the extinction of the fire declared this Thursday in the Castellón town of Villanueva de Viver, which also affects the province of Teruel, due to the west wind and the temperatures that high are expected.

In fact, as he explains in his Twitter account, the unfavorable weather conditions, especially taking into account the date of the year so early, have been what have led to the rapid spread of the forest fire since at 3:00 p.m. this Thursday there were south and southwest wind, relative humidity below 30 percent and almost 25 degrees of temperature.

Although on the surface the wind in the area of ​​the fire was from the south and southeast, from 1,500-2,000 meters the wind turned to the west and southwest, hence the expansion of the plume of the smoke column to the northeast.

The south and southeast wind predominant in the fire was blowing with gusts of 30 km/h during the afternoon, although at night the intensity of the wind tends to decrease and gusts of close to 15 km/h were forecast and to turn west.

However, it warned that a western front is approaching the area, with high cloudiness and no rain. Although the intensity of the wind dropped at dawn, Aemet forecasts that the weather conditions as of this Friday morning will once again be unfavorable, with a west wind that will accelerate, with gusts of 40 km/h since morning.

In addition, the forecasts suggest that it will again be a very warm day for these dates, with a forecast humidity of less than 20% at 2:00 p.m. and a temperature at 3:00 p.m. above 20 degrees.

Precisely, the maximum on Thursday in the fire area, of almost 25, is about 10 degrees higher than normal for these dates and itself for mid-June.

In addition, he added that this hydrological year is turning out to be especially dry in the area where, since October 1, 2022, 130 liters per square meter have accumulated, which is half of what is normal in these six months. According to Aemet, the deficit is even greater in these first three months of 2023, since the accumulated rain since January 1 is 15 l/m2, when the normal would be 115, that is, the deficit for the quarter is 87 percent. in the fire area.