Emergencies of the Valencian Community yesterday scheduled preventive surveillance flights against the risk of forest fires following the provisions of the Special Forest Fire Plan of the Valencian Community. Yesterday the forecast was for a high risk of fires in the north of Castellón and although this Sunday the risk is medium-low for the entire territory, it is not surprising that the Valencian government has brought forward the opening of forestry observatories in this especially dry winter. and hot.
For this reason, the General Directorate of Forest Fire Prevention announced yesterday the start of activities in the observatories of Reclot (Monóvar), Aixortà (Castell de Guadalest) and Serrella (Quatretondeta). The Maigmó (Tibi), also in Alicante, will open on March 1.
In the province of Castellón, the surveillance tower in Turmell (Xert) was brought forward on February 5. Also in Valencia, the observatories of Las Hierbas (Chiva), Sierra del Ave (Dos Aguas), Cerro Simón (Andilla), Alto de Alcola (Cofrentes) and Besori (Llombai) were opened on the same date, and that of Caperucho ( Font de la Figuera) will do so on March 1.
Added to these openings are the observatories that are open all year round. In Alicante they are Coll de Rates, Reconco, Aitana, Mariola, Salviar, Miserat and Font Roja. In the province of Castellón, La Creu, La Lloma, Ametler, Puntal, Boqueras, Cabezo, Fredes, Desert and Sta. Bárbara. Finally, in the province of Valencia, Travina, Negrete, Castillico, Caroche, Gavilán, Palmeral, Ropé, Benicadell, Moluengo, Remedio, Sª Martés, Monduber, A. Pino and Vallada are operational all year round.
The prediction for today made by the State Meteorological Agency in the Valencian Community is for slightly cloudy skies with intervals of high clouds. Temperatures will be minimal with few changes; maximums in slight rise in the interior and without changes in the rest. The variable light wind, with a predominance of the western component in the interior and the south and southeast on the coast. By province, the AEMET predicts that thermometers will reach 18 degrees in Alicante, 19 in Castellón and 20 in Valencia. The minimum temperatures will in no case drop below 8 degrees. And it’s only February 18th.
