Weather

Well today has all been about the weather today.

Its been cold with rain on and off, most places have seen hail stones, with Porto Santo being the best as the beach was covered in hail.

Lots of photos all over social media throughout the day today, some of the best below.

Some of you have put your name to the photo, if any person wants their name or website added to an image please let me know, as there has been so many going round today.

And these two are from Porto Santo

First winter snow

The first snow of the winter fell last night over the high ground temperatures fell below freezing and today roads to the peaks will stay closed because of the snow cover.

Photos below by Marcio Virissimo and Hugo Reis, and Camara Municipal Funchal .

Later in the early evening, Paul da Serra was covered in a large amount of tiny hail, painting the area white.

Photos from the Diario de Noticias

Mountains under Red Alert

The mountainous areas of Madeira are today and Wednesday under red warning, the most serious of a four-point scale, due to the heat, according to the Portuguese Institute of Ocean and Atmosphere (IPMA).

According to the IPMA, mountainous areas of Madeira will be under red warning from 1 am today and 18h59 on Wednesday, after passing the yellow warning, the second a less severe scale of four, until 00h59 of Friday.

This situation results from the influence of a warm tropical air mass originating in North Africa, the temperature can reach 30 degrees Celsius.

The Regional Service of Civil Protection for Madeira recommends in its website to "avoid conducting fire or fires for pleasure or recreation or for cooking food."

Also the Institute of Directors of Social Affairs and Health Madeira advises people to seek air conditioned or cool places, avoid direct exposure to the sun between 11 and 18 hours, increase the intake of water or fruit juice and avoid consumption Alcohol and care for the most vulnerable groups, including the chronically ill, the elderly, children, pregnant women and workers with tasks exposed to the sun.

Mountain Biking in Madeira

Just another quick post, again to show Madeira is not just for the older person, although it might be pretty funny to see my older friends do this.... in fact I would pay to watch them and give them a free ride upstairs...lol