According to the analysis of Luis Alpire, agrometeorologistin recent weeks the Chiquitania, has been characterized by cold fronts without rains, alternating with high temperatures and strong winds of the north, “which is not only consuming the accumulated humidity fruit of the exceptional period of rainfall (November to May), also generating Areas with a high degree of droughtto that they contribute to storing the flammable plant fuel, which with a simple spark of fire can trigger fires of magnitude. “
The week that starts, of July 28, in the ChiquitaniaAlpire warns that First enter a moderate dry cold front, followed by high temperatures that will reach a maximum of 37 ° C, mainly in the province Germán Bush, with strong bursts of winds from the north of more than 60km/ h, which will hit the Chiquitos and Ñuflo de Chávez, promoting favorable conditions for the Heat spotlight becomes forest sinister wingspan.
“Even more if we consider that the satellite system of the Government of Santa Cruz has recently confirmed the registration of more than 5,000 heat spotlights, mostly concentrating on the Chiquitania,” Alpire said.
For the agrometeorologist, these climatic conditions will be the ones that will prevail in the remainder of winter in the Chiquitania; that is to say high temperatures with strong north winds and moderate cold fronts generally without rains.
Suggestion
For the also known as the lord of the weather, these conditions merit “the suspension of chaqueo and burning authorizations, as well as that the ABT, an institution that grants permits, monitoring and control, applying with all the rigor of the law when burn bulbs in our department are presented. ”
The National Government, at the end of 2024 determined an environmental break that, legally, remains in force. Through these regulations, all kinds of burning in the national territory are prohibited. However, chaqueos are still registered in productive areas, mainly for these times prior to planting, as a method of expansion of the agricultural border.
