The National Maritime Authority (AMN) advised “not to go swimming” on the first day of 2023, Sunday, and to avoid going to areas exposed to the agitation of the sea, indicating that the device will intensify on some beaches.
“It is not necessary to go into the sea to celebrate this New Year’s Eve,” warned Commander José Sousa Luís, spokesman for the AMN.
In statements to the Lusa news agency, the AMN commander recommended avoiding trips to areas exposed to marine unrest, as well as practicing recreational activities at sea, advising against going to the baths on the first day of the year and calling on “all people not to expose themselves unnecessarily to risk”.
“In any emergency situation, do not enter the water and call 112 immediately,” he said.
On the first day of the year, Sunday, the districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga, Porto, Aveiro, Leiria, Coimbra and Lisbon will be under a yellow alert (the least serious of a scale of three) due to maritime disturbances, reported the Portuguese Sea Institute. and Atmosphere (IPMA).
The meteorological warning applies in Viana do Castelo, Braga and Porto, between 12:00 p.m. on Saturday and 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, in Aveiro (between 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and 12:00 p.m. on Sunday ), in Leiria and Coimbra (between 9:00 p.m. on Saturday and 12:00 p.m. on Sunday). :00 on Saturday and 15:00 on Sunday) and in Lisbon (Sunday between 06:00 and 15:00), all with the forecast of “west-southwest waves of 4 to 4.5 meters”, according to the IPMA. In fact, the president of the Institute has already warned that 10% of the waves can reach 9 meters in height.
Therefore, “the National Maritime Authority wishes everyone a happy new year with the sea, but without diving,” said Captain José Sousa Luís.
The AMN spokesman also said that the recommendations to avoid activities by the sea apply “everywhere”, pointing out that there are areas of the country where maritime unrest is more intense, “that is, on the west coast, more specifically in the northern and central areas. , but also in the Azores and Madeira archipelagos”.
“The different captaincies, which extend across mainland Portugal and the islands, through the Azores and Madeira archipelagos, as well as the local Maritime Police commanders, will be alert and intensify their device for the areas with the greatest exposure,” revealed the commander. of the AMN, referring that the reinforcement will be for “specific cases”, after evaluation “case by case and according to each region”.
Thus, the AMN, through the local commanders of the Maritime Police, assured that “more attention will be paid to this very special day, which is known to be a tradition in some places to go swimming on the morning of January 1.” ”.
In addition to the alerts for maritime disturbances, the IPMA indicated that the districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga and Porto will be, on Sunday morning, under orange alert (the second most serious of a scale of three) due to the forecast of ” persistent and sometimes intense rain”, between 00:00 and 12:00 on the first day of the year 2023.
Viana do Castelo, Braga and Porto are also under yellow warning between 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and 12:00 a.m. on Sunday and between 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, due to “persistent and sometimes intense rains,” according to the IPMA. .
On Sunday, the districts of Aveiro (between 00:00 and 15:00), Vila Real and Viseu (both between 09:00 and 18:00), as well as Coimbra and Leiria (both between 09:00 and 18:00). ) are also under yellow warning for rainfall between 12:00 and 18:00) and Bragança, Guarda and Castelo Branco (all three between 15:00 and 21:00).
In addition to the northern and central districts of mainland Portugal, the autonomous region of Madeira will be under a yellow alert for precipitation on Sunday between 03:00 and 09:00.
Without IPMA weather warnings between today and until Sunday, there are the districts of the Alentejo and Algarve regions, as well as the autonomous region of the Azores.
Source: Observadora
