Autor/es reacciones
Marcelino Núñez
Regional Representative of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) in Extremadura
The wildfire in the municipality of Los Gallardos, Almería, is one in which the most significant meteorological factors are: the wind, which from the early hours blew in strong westerly gusts and contributed to the fire’s rapid spread; and the low relative humidity, which also aided this spread.
The fire danger index forecast by Aemet for yesterday, the 9th, was ‘Extreme’, as it is for today. The fire danger in the municipality of Los Gallardos has remained at the ‘Extreme’ level continuously from 5 June until today. However, I would not go so far as to describe this fire as having any particularly unusual characteristics, based on meteorological criteria.
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