The Gabrielle Tropical Cyclone that hits the Azores is no longer a category 1 hurricane and has become a post-tropical depression, according to the IPMA.
The largest gust of wind registered by the Since the Gabrielle Post-Tropical Storm began to reach the Azores archipelago on Thursday night, he was 123 kilometers/hour, in Faial.
“In terms of wind, the island that has recorded more intense gusts is Faial. The maximum gust was registered at 2:10 am [mais uma hora em Lisboa] And it was 123 kilometers per hour, “he told Lusa, at a situation at 03:00 local, meteorologist Rita Mota, the Regional Delegation of the Azores of the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), in Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel.
As for precipitation, he said, the highest accumulated values ”have been recorded on Graciosa Island”.
“So far, the maximum accumulated value at an hour is 21 millimeters, and was registered between 01:00 and 02:00,” he said.
Also in relation to precipitation, Rita Mota said that the islands of Faial and Pico “are already a little less”, however, in the wind, the populations “should still be aware of the indications that have been conveyed by the Civil Protection Service”.
“In terms of precipitation, the north islands in the central group [Pico, Faial, Graciosa, Terceira e São Jorge] They have to be careful, especially graceful and third. Then, between 06:00 and 09:00, the wind should begin to disintensify on the islands of Faial, Pico and São Jorge and intensify a little more in the graceful and third, “he said.
As for the western group (Flores and Crow Islands), “due to the adjustment of the more southern trajectory, it was not so affected” by the wind.
“It has had some periods of punctually more intense precipitation but, for now, it has not passed it and, over the next few hours, should begin to record an improvement,” he added.
The central group will have, during dawn and early morning, “some precautions”, all indicating that also in the early morning, the most west islands, already record “an improvement”, starting with Faial and Pico, followed by graceful and third.
Rita Mota also admitted that, until 09:00 locations, concerns should keep up, “em Special not central group “.
“It is not to be neglected, too, during the early morning, between 06:00 and 09:00, that there may also be a slight increase in wind intensity in the Eastern Group [São Miguel e Santa Maria]and especially on the island of São Miguel, “he added.
Hurricane Gabrielle went to Post-Tropical Cyclone
The Gabrielle Tropical Cyclone that hits the Azores is no longer a category 1 hurricane and has become a post-tropical depression, according to the IPMA.
“What so far was called Hurricane Gabrielle, lost some of its characteristics that called it hurricane. At this moment, the best designation that applies is a post-tropical cyclone,” Lusa agency already dawn the meteorologist Tânia Viegas, from the regional delegation of IPMA, in Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel.
However, he added, “this does not necessarily mean – and that is valid in this case – that it has lost intensity or that the gusts of wind becomes smaller.”
The Tropical Gabrielle Cyclone began to reach the Azores at 22:00 places on Thursday and the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) predicts that the “most critical period” be at dawn.
