… accompanies another “scalding” day
The Captaincy of the Port of Funchal, through the Portuguese Weather Institute, IPMA, said in a statement that the seafront could be affected by strong winds at least until 6 am on Tuesday.
The wind will present “force 7”, which represents an intensity of between 51 to 62 km per hour, and will blow “from any direction”, according to the same source.
Very high risk of fire
JM also reports that all the municipalities of Madeira and Porto Santo, with the exception of São Vicente, present today a very high risk of fire, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere.
In this context, the Regional Civil Protection Service issued a warning, via SMS, for the high risk of rural fire in the Region, warning of the need to follow the recommendations of the authorities. “Do not use fire in rural/forest spaces”, reads the SRPCM text message.
The meteorological fire hazard index allows estimating the fire hazard from the state of the various fuels present in the forest floor, which is indirectly determined through observations of meteorological elements, taking into account temperature, relative humidity, wind intensity and the precipitation accumulated in the last 24 hours.
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There is a fire in the Machico area and BA2780 from Heathrow seems to have diverted. Whether it was the wind or smoke from the fire that was behind is not apparent as all other flights landed ok.
These things are a window of opportunity as you likely know from your RAF days Maurice, however what is not generally known,is that here,they get three goes at landing, then the on board computer tells them go elsewhere. So maybe he used all three up!!!!
Hi Harry, it turns out that it was a drunken passenger that caused the flight to divert to Lisboa to offload the offender & luggage. The flight finally arrived in Madeira some 4 hours late. I just hope the Portuguese authorities chuck the book at him. He will have to find his own way back to the UK as hopefully BA will blackball him.
They should be given a bill for diversion costs and landing fees, if not by authorities then airlines should pursue for costs direct via civil courts, one or two of these,which will probably bankrupt the individuals will soon put a stop to it Maurice.