Victor Prior says that despite the improvement in the wind, there is the aggravating factor that the maximum temperatures forecast for today and tomorrow are 31ºC in Funchal and exceed 30ºC in different parts of the archipelago.
The delegate of the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere in Madeira, Victor Prior, says that the next three days will be of moderate and occasionally strong winds with gusts of around 70 to 80 kilometres per hour, with some improvements compared to yesterday, when there were constraints at Madeira Airport.
Victor Prior says that despite the improvement in the wind, there is the aggravating factor that the maximum temperatures forecast for today and tomorrow are 31ºC or higher in Funchal and exceed 30ºC in different parts of the archipelago.
Humidity will be quite low, with values below 30%. “This situation, when it involves wind, makes all operations” to fight fires difficult, the person in charge acknowledges, in statements to JMFM.