The heavy and persistent rain accumulated throughout the afternoon today in the mountains of Funchal has already exceeded 100 liters per square meter (mm). Only this afternoon, until 6 pm, Chão do Areeiro recorded 117.0 mm/6h of total precipitation, and Pico Alto, 110.3 mm/6h, while Monte was less at (99.2 mm /6h)
In the case of Chão do Areeiro, the extreme accumulated in 6 hours almost doubles the base value in the criterion for issuing a red warning (60 mm/6h).
Until the last hour, here are the most significant precipitation extremes for the entire IPMA network in Madeira: 6.6 mm/10 minutes, in Monte; 19.0 mm/30 minutes (yellow), at Chão do Areeiro; 36.0 mm/1h (orange); 66.6 mm/2h and 88.2 mm/3h (red), in Pico Alto; 117.0 mm/6h (red), at Chão do Areeiro.