Despite some respite from the wind this morning at the Madeira International Airport – Cristiano Ronaldo, with several aircraft managing to take off and land, 11 flights have already been cancelled for today, totaling 39 cancelled flights between yesterday and today. This morning the Santa Cruz weather station, which serves…
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Madeira’s International Airport has been affected by storm Garoe, with 28 flights cancelled today. The bad weather is expected to extend into Wednesday the 22nd of January. “Strong winds are still expected from the southwest, with gusts reaching 110 km/h in the highlands of Madeira into the afternoon of the…
Due to bad weather, the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN), has closed all the region’s Classified Pedestrian Routes (walks) for tomorrow, the 20th of January. The IFCN further confirms that all Classified Pedestrian Routes will remain closed, for security reasons while the weather alerts remain in place. “Everyone…
Due to bad weather, the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), has placed the Madeira Archipelago under a yellow warning for Monday the 20th and Tuesday the 21st of January. According to the IPMA, the North Coast is under a yellow warning between 09:00 – 15:00 on Monday due…
Rain surpassed yellow warning levels in 5 of the 19 meteorological stations of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) with record rainfall recorded in the Autonomous Region of Madeira last night/this morning. In the weather station located in Chão do Areeiro, rainfall reached 21.5 mm in one hour…
According to the website of ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, five flights (arrivals and departures) were cancelled today (4th of January) due to bad weather. The Transavia France flight (TO 7840), scheduled for 09:25 from Nantes, and the respective departures at 10:05 am were cancelled. Other cancellations included EasyJet (EJU5333), scheduled…
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea predicts cloudy skies with the possibility of light showers for the last day of the year. However, a light dusting of snow may occur on the peaks and may last until mid-morning. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
At 18:00 this evening, the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) updated their weather forecast for Madeira until Christmas Day. According to the IPMA, until the 25th, the weather in the archipelago of Madeira will be influenced by an anticyclone located northeast of the Azores, slowly moving towards Central…
The current air pollution phenomenon is caused by a mass of air carrying suspended dust from the deserts of North Africa. The Directorate-General for Health recommends the population avoid prolonged exertion and exposure and limit outdoor physical activity. This pollutant (inhalable particles) adversely affects human health, especially the most vulnerable,…
The Secretary of State for Infrastructure today, highlighted the Government of the Republic’s commitment to the improvement of aviation in Portugal. Hugo Espírito Santo, who came to Madeira to deliver the new wind detection system at the Region’s Airports, admitted that the winds affected four percent of the passengers who,…
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) has issued a yellow warning for the mountainous regions and the south coast of Madeira. Heavy precipitation is expected in the mountainous regions from 06:00 to 12:00 tomorrow (Sunday). The yellow alert will remain all day on Monday due to southerly winds…
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) has said there could be a chance of snow falling on the high peaks. Rain has been forecast, but there is a slight chance that this could change with a drop in temperature. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
The south coast and the mountainous regions of Madeira were this morning until 09:00 underan orange warning due to heavy rain and showers. Under this warning, the second most serious on a scale of three, which was in force between 03:00 and 9:00 am, precipitation data showed that from 00:00…
Heavy rain and wind, which could range from 70 to 90 kilometers per hour, are forecast for the next few days in the Madeira region. The rain is expected to begin at the end of Wednesday and intensify during the early hours of Thursday morning. According to the director of…
Of the 85.3 of rain per square metre (mm) recorded this Sunday up until noon at Chão do Areeiro weather station, 62.9 mm of rain fell, reaching red-level weather warnings in the 6 hours of heaviest precipitation (between 02:51 and 08:50 hours). Up until 1:00 11 of the 20 stations…