Heat in southern Brazil with the hours counted

With 33.1C, Thursday afternoon was the warmest in Porto Alegre since 2021. The heat reached almost 35C in southern Santa Catarina and almost 34C in Paraná.

A cold front associated with an extratropical cyclone forms this Friday between Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. The rain, winds and cold air of polar origin that accompanies the cold front will cause a sharp drop in temperature in southern Brazil. It won’t be winter’s strongest cold airmass and there’s no expectation of record-breaking cold temperatures, but it will be enough to bring the temperature to or near normal August standards.

This Friday, the the temperature will have a greater drop in Rio Grande do Sul, but on Saturday 19 August, Santa Catarina and Paraná will also register a strong decrease in heat.

OR It will be cold on Sunday morningwith forecast of frosts in the Countryside and in the Serra Gaúcha, in the mountain range and in the southern plateau regions of Santa Catarina.

Find out how the heat was way above normal on Thursday, August 17 in southern Brazil

The heat reached 33C in Porto Alegre on 8/17/23, 12C above the usual August average

(Photos: Porto Alegre, Vanessa Gehm)

Porto Alegre has the hottest August afternoon since 2021

The temperature in Porto Alegre reached 33.1°C this Thursday afternoon, measured by the National Institute of Meteorology at 15:00. This value could undergo an increase of a few tenths in a new evaluation which will be carried out at 21:00.

The 33.1°C mark was the Highest temperature in Porto Alegre in August since 19 August 2021when the heat reached 34.8C, according to Inmet.

The heat observed this Thursday afternoon was about 12°C above normal for an August day, since the average maximum normal temperature in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul for this month is around 21°C.

But heat spikes like these in August aren’t as rare as it might seem. In 2022 the temperature reached 32.2°C on August 27. In 2021, Porto Alegre experienced exceptional heat with 34.8°C on August 19. In August 2015, it was 35.2C, according to the National Institute of Meteorology

Heat across Rio Grande do Sul

The heat was intense across Rio Grande do Sul this Thursday. check the 5 higher temperatures registered by Inmet

Field Bom: 34.1°C

Porto Alegre: 33.1°C

Uruguayan: 33.0°C

Teutonia: 32.3°C

Shrimps: 32.2°C

For most areas of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the normal August average maximum temperature ranges from 21°C to 23°C

Also hot in Santa Catarina and Paraná

The strong sun since the early hours of the morning and the intensification of the hot winds on southern Brazil, coming from the northern region, have made the temperature rises a lot this Thursday in Santa Catarina and Paraná.

In Curitiba, the temperature reached 26.1C and was the highest since August 7, when the city had a heat of 29.1C. The afternoon temperature on August 17 was about 4°C higher than the average normal temperature for August, which is 22°C

check the 5 highest temperatures in Paraná on 8/17/23according to Simepar and Inmet

Lower Iguaçu: 33.7°C

North Diamond: 33.3°C

Luanda: 32.8°C

Paranapoema: 32.6°C

City of Rio Grande do Sul: 32.5°C

A the southern region of Santa Catarina was the hottest in southern Brazil, with temperatures of almost 35°C, far above the norm for August, which would be a maximum temperature of around 23°C. In Florianópolis the maximum temperature was 26°C, but the heat reached 30°C in Antonio Carlos, in the metropolitan region of the capital of Santa Catarina

see some very high temperatures on 8/17/23 registered by Epagri-Ciram

Criciúma: 34.9°C

Hyacinth Machado 34.7°C

Praia Grande 34.6°C

Sideropolis: 34.3°C

Urussanga: 33.8°C

Learn more about the cold front and extratropical cyclone forming this Friday, August 18, 2023.

Source: Terra

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