The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) raised this Wednesday Warnings issued Tuesday turn orange for the Western and Central groups of the Azores and placed the Eastern group in yellow, due to the forecast of heavy rains.
The passage of a cold frontal surface with waves, with moderate to strong activity, will cause a worsening of the weather throughout the archipelago,” the IPMA stated in a statement.
In this context, “heavy rainfall, which may be accompanied by storms, is expected starting tomorrow (October 5) on the islands of the Western and Central groups and starting Friday (October 6) on the islands of the Eastern group. ”.
A significant increase in wind intensity is also expected, especially on the islands of the Central group, with gusts of around 90 kilometers per hour,” he adds.
The IPMA had already reported that the islands of the Western group (Corvo and Flores) would be under a yellow warning between 3:00 p.m. this Wednesday and 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, due to “sometimes intense rainfall, which may be accompanied by storms.”
For the Central group (Terceira, Pico, São Jorge, Graciosa and Faial) the yellow warning was in effect between 09:00 a.m. on Thursday and 09:00 a.m. on Friday.
This Wednesday, for the Western group, an orange warning will be applied (which will be in force between 00:00 and 15:00 on Thursday) and yellow (between 15:00 and 24:00 on Wednesday and between 15:00 and 18:00 on Wednesday) . Thursday) was broadcast. -fair).
For the Central group, the orange level was issued for the period between 3:00 p.m. on Thursday and 6:00 a.m. on Friday, and the yellow one from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, and from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on Friday. The wind causes another yellow warning, from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday.
The IPMA also put the Eastern Azores group (São Miguel and Santa María) on yellow notice, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. on Friday, due to “sometimes intense precipitation, which may be accompanied by storms.” .
The orange alert is the second most serious on a scale of three and is issued in “meteorological situations of moderate to high risk,” according to the IPMA.
The yellow warning, the least serious, is issued whenever there is a risk situation for certain activities depending on the weather situation.
Source: Observadora
