According to the IPMA website, Madeira will be under a yellow alert for rain from tomorrow
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The European Commission has admitted the economic impact of extreme weather events, such as heat waves and floods, in southern European countries such as Portugal, particularly for tourism, and calls for measures to combat climate change.
According to the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), Madeira will be under a yellow weather warning for rain from 07:00 until 16:00.
On a day when Europe is once again breaking temperature records, political party PAN - People, Animals, and Nature has declared its stance on climate change.
With the persistence of high temperatures due to a tropical weather mass,
According to the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) website, the current orange weather warning has been extended until Thursday the 24th of August.
Victor Prior, director of IPMA's Funchal Meteorological Observatory, confirmed to local media outlets this morning that there has been a significant change in previously predicted weather patterns.
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea, alongside the Regional Civil Protection Service, has advised that temperatures in Madeira will be around 30 - 34ºC from Friday the 11th until Sunday the 13th due to a tropical air mass.
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea has placed the south coast of Madeira and Porto Santo under an orange warning from midnight tonight until 17:00 on Saturday, the 12th of August.
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) has issued a yellow warning for the archipelago of Madeira, for the north coast, south coast, and Porto Santo, until 23:00 tonight, due to high temperatures.
According to IPMA, another heat wave may be on its way to Madeira, influenced by the Azores anticyclone and the North African coast. Even so, temperatures will hover around 30 degrees Celsius, with humidity being in the low 30s.
With an orange alert coming into effect tomorrow and then decreasing to a yellow alert on Thursday, SANAS has provided bathers with some sensible summer advice.
Thermometers in Funchal reached a new high this afternoon as temperatures soared to 38.7 degrees, beating yesterday's official temperature of 37.9, to become the highest value ever recorded in June.
The top temperature recorded in Funchal at 15h00 was 36.3 degrees. It is the highest temperature so far and surpasses the 33.7°C recorded by the Cancela weather station.
In view of the red alert issued by the IPMA, the Regional Secretary for the Environment, Natural Resources, and Climate Change, Susana Prada, warns that everyone should be careful when using any of the forest spaces to avoid endangering lives, wildlife, and heritage.