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The north coast and the mountainous regions of the island of Madeira will now be under the red alert, the most serious, due to the forecast of periods of rain or showers associated with the Filomena depression, according to IPMA.
According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), the north coast and the mountainous regions of the island of Madeira will be under red alert between 18:00 today and 03:00 on Friday due to the forecast. periods of heavy rain or showers accompanied by thunderstorms.
The archipelago is already under an orange alert due to heavy rains (until 12:00 today) and the agitation of the sea, forecasting waves from the northeast of 5 to 6 meters, reaching a maximum height of 10 meters (until 6 am). : 00 on Friday).
Madeira remains under an orange alert due to the north / northeast wind forecast, with gusts of up to 90 kilometers per hour, especially in the eastern and western extremes, between 18:00 today and 12:00 Friday.
The IPMA also extended the yellow warning due to cold weather for the 18 districts of mainland Portugal until Sunday.
All districts of the continent will be under yellow warning until 6:00 am on Sunday due to cold weather, with persistent low minimum temperature values.
The IPMA also placed the Faro district under a yellow alert for maritime disturbances, with waves of 2 to 2.5 meters on the south coast until 9 a.m. today.
The archipelago of Madeira and southern mainland Portugal will be affected until Friday by strong winds, rains and maritime disturbances associated with the passage of the Filomena depression.
In a statement, the IPMA stated that the effects of the Filomena depression, which is centered in the south of the Azores archipelago and is associated with a frontal system of moderate to strong activity, will affect the climate in the Madeira archipelago and in the south of the continent.
In the Madeira archipelago the effects of the depression will be felt by the increase in the intensity of the wind from today afternoon, extending until the end of Friday morning, with gusts of up to 75 kilometers per hour, being up to 110 kilometers per hour. in the highlands and at the eastern and western ends of the island of Madeira.
Associated with this depression, an increase in sea turbulence is expected on the north coast and in Porto Santo, with waves from the northwest and a significant height of 4 to 5 meters, moving to northeast waves of 5 to 6 meters on Friday ” . , the IPMA advances.
Due to depression, periods of rain or downpour, which are sometimes intense, are accompanied by thunderstorms.
On Friday, there is also the possibility of snowfall at the highest points of Madeira until the wee hours of the morning.
The IPMA red warning corresponds to a “meteorological situation of extreme risk” and people are asked to keep “regularly informed of the evolution of meteorological conditions and to follow the guidelines of the National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority (ANEPC) “.
The orange warning indicates a meteorological situation of moderate to high risk and the yellow warning is issued by the IPMA whenever there is a risk for certain activities depending on the meteorological situation.
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