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Martinho brings rain, thunder, hail and “very strong” wind. Meteorologist says that Martin is “just one more” and that gender storms should “continue to occur for the next two months.”
Continental Portugal begins to feel, from the end of the day of Wednesday, the true power of the storm Martinho: Rain, thunder, hail and “very strong” wind. The critical period of the storm will be during the night of Wednesday.
“If possible, Stay at home And respect the civil protection notices ”, asked the Portuguese this Wednesday the Minister of Internal Affairs before the arrival of the storm.
“Leiria, Lisbon and South These are the areas that have the most weather, ”says Margarida Blasco. Operational means have already been reinforced at the most critical points of downtown and southern the country.
Fujiwhara effect worsens Martinho
The Martin storm is preparing to bring winds greater than 130 km/he intense precipitation. Will be aggravated by the Fujiwhara effecta rare meteorological phenomenon that occurs when two cyclonic systems interact and may orbit each other and, in some cases, merge or alter their trajectories, explains the portal.
The effect, described by Japanese meteorologist Sakuhei Fujiwhara between 1921 and 1923, is more common in tropical cyclones, but can also affect extractic cyclones, such as the storm Martinho, which originated near Grolândia, moving to the North Atlantic, where he found favorable conditions for the development of secondary depressions.
In the coming days, the coexistence of up to three low-pressure centers on the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula is expected to be absorbed with Martin absorbing some of these formations, bringing… more bad time.
Precipitation will be persistent, and the very strong gusts are already felt in the mountainous areas. In the south, the rain may be intense but short -lived, accompanied by thunderstorms and eventual fall of hail. The strong interaction of altitude depressions can also give rise to thunder.
Almost 300 Occurrencesnamely falling trees and structures, were reported until 4 pm on Wednesday, reveals Civil Protection, namely in Greater Lisbon, where 121 occurrences were recorded.
Em Sintrabad weather forced the closure to the public of most monuments this Wednesday.
Martinho “It’s just one more”: it will be two months of this
On Saturday, the storm Martinho is expected to move towards higher latitudes, moving away from the country. From Sunday, it is expected to stabilize time with the arrival of an anticyclone. But the Martinho depression “is just one more.”
“This kind of storms tends to be more frequent, that is, it is something we can see in some way in the models that indicate the projections until the mid -century, the models are very agreement in the sense that the frequency and intensity of this type of phenomena can increase,” meteorologist Pedro Garrett: depressions “will continue to occur during the next two monthsto start. “
