The whole Madeira Archipelago has been placed under a yellow warning for wind. In a statement, the IPMA confirmed that the alert will come into force from 09:00 on Friday the 28th of March, and last until 18:00 on Saturday the 29th. Northeast winds with gusts between 80 km/hour, will…
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The Civil Protection Service of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, has issued a statement regarding the effects of Storm Martin. According to the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea, during the period 18th – 21st of March, the Chão do Areeiro Weather Station recorded maximum gusts of 134 km/h. In…
The intense rain yet again reached red warning levels in Areeiro. According to the IPMA weather station, the early accumulated rainfall was 82.6 liters per square meter in 6 hours, with the levels steadily increasing. Other weather stations also recorded record rainfall values – Santa Cruz, Pico Alto, Santo da…
The effects of Depression Martin will be felt from today, the 18th of March until Thursday the 20th. According to the IPMA, heavy precipitation is expected from today, with the wind blowing from the southwest, turning to the west from tomorrow morning. Gusts are expected to reach 80 to 90…
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) has issued a red warning for sea agitation on the north coast of Madeira and Porto Santo. The national meteorological service had already issued an orange warning for the region, but upgraded it to red due to the worsening weather conditions. The…
With yellow and orange weather warnings, it was no surprise that Madeira’s peaks were covered in a dusting of snow on Saturday. In Pico do Areeiro, thermometers dropped to -2.0°C, and a little further down, -0.1°C (Chão do Areeiro). Interestingly, from 00:00 to 18:00, temperatures in Pico do Areeiro remained…
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) predicts that until midnight on Sunday, Depression Jana will affect Madeira with wind, rain, and rough seas. This is in addition to the expected cold front the storm is pushing through. In the statement, the IPMA predicts that Madeira will continue to…
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), has issued orange warnings for sea agitation and a yellow alert for rain and strong winds that are expected to affect the region on Friday and Saturday. According to the IPMA, the North Coast and Porto Santo are under orange warning between…
The Porto Santo Line has issued a statement confirming that they have cancelled their scheduled sailings on the 7th and 8th of March due to bad weather forecasts. The company says that the weather conditions could jeopardise the safety of its ship and passengers.” Alternatively, people can travel tomorrow, the…
This morning, between 00:00 and 09:00, the region’s weather stations recorded temperatures of -0.1°C in Pico do Areeiro and 1.7ºC in Chão do Areeiro. According to forecasts from the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), the snow may last until Thursday. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 0
A micro 1.9 earthquake was picked up by seismographs at the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea at 01:26 off the northwest coast of Porto Moniz. Due to its size, the general public would not have felt it. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com Views: 0
Forecasted rain has already begun to fall on the island, notably on the north coast and the west of the region, and is predicted to continue until the middle of next week. Even so, and despite the forecasts indicating rain on Saturday night, the Carnival festivities, will go ahead as…
An earthquake registering 1.8 on the Richter scale was recorded this morning by seismographs at the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), off the southeast coast of the Desertas. According to the IPMA, the quake occurred at a depth of 4 km. Samantha Gannon info at madiera-weekly.com Views: 0
An earthquake registering 2.1 on the Richter scale was recorded on Monday night south of Câmara de Lobos. According to the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), the quake occurred at 21:48 and had an unrecorded depth. The shock would not have been felt by the population Samantha Gannon…
Yesterday’s rainfall exceeded the red warning levels at two mountain weather stations. In other weather stations, the values also touched the limit of 60 mm per square metre in six hours. Up until 21:00 last night the Chão do Areeiro weather station, located at 1,500m altitude, recorded rainfall reached 147.7mm…