Seven districts of mainland Portugal under orange warning due to maritime unrest
IPMA predicts “northwest waves with five to seven meters, with a maximum height of 12 meters.”
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Maritime unrest
Porto, Viana do Castelo, Lisbon, Leiria, Aveiro, Coimbra and Braga will be under orange warning due to maritime unrest, IPMA reported this Sunday, placing 16 districts of mainland Portugal on yellow warning due to snow, precipitation or strong wind.
The orange warning, the second most serious on a scale of three, applies to the seven districts of the north and center of the coast of mainland Portugal due to maritime unrest, between 12:00 pm on Tuesday and 3:00 am on Wednesday, in which “northwest waves of five to seven meters are expected, with a maximum height of 12 meters”, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).
Between Monday and Wednesday, these seven districts, as well as Faro, Setúbal, Beja and the Autonomous Region of Madeira, in particular the north coast and Porto Santo, are under yellow warning due to maritime unrest, with the forecast of ” northwest waves with four to five meters”.
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