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On Sunday, a temporary improvement in meteorological instability is expected, but on Monday the weather is expected to worsen again. In Nazaré, surfers are loving it. This Saturday will be “gigantic”.
The depression is causing, both at sea and in Portuguese homes and schools, strong meteorological instability in the country of Portugal, with schools closed (Bragança, Chaves, Vila Real), electricity cuts (3800 houses across the country will have been left without electricity) and a trail of snow in the North and Center that could even be the biggest snowfall of the yearaccording to IPMA.
The precipitation led five districts (Braga, Porto, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real and Viseu) to red warning until 09:00 this Saturday, which will be the worst day in terms of maritime unrest. Ten districts are on red alert, with a forecast of waves up to 15 meters. Civil Protection reinforced surveillance, raising the state of readiness to level three, in order to increase the authorities’ response capacity, especially during the early hours of the morning.
On Sunday, a temporary improvement is expected, but on Monday the weather is expected to worsen again.
Help with your electricity bill
Ingrid is even lowering the wholesale price of electricity in Mibel, thanks to the increase in wind production and greater water availability, points out.
This Saturday, Portugal and Spain register a average daily price of €21.04/MWh, the lowest in almost eight monthsafter five consecutive days of decline since the peak of €129/MWh on January 19th.
The impact is more direct for consumers with indexed tariffs; for the rest, the effects arrive more indirectly.
Surfers’ hope
The enormous storm, described as the largest in a sequence of systems to cross the North Atlantic, also caught the attention of the most courageous surfers.
In Nazaré, the giant wave surfer Nic von Rupp he follows the forecasts closely and admits that this could be one of the most notable episodes of maritime unrest in recent years, with the potential, he says, to generate the “mythical” 30 meter wave.
Von Rupp stated on Instagram that it was “biggest swell run” of the year and possibly one of the biggest “in the last two years”highlighting, however, that conditions can change quickly and that the weather may be unstable.
Despite the enthusiasm, von Rupp recognizes that the conditions will be demanding. Forecast models indicate predominantly winds onshore (blowing from sea to land), a factor that tends to degrade wave quality and increase the difficulty and risk of wave operations. tow-in. The surfer is looking for a short window of better conditions as the swell grows this Saturday, the day he describes as “gigantic”.
