“The Hipolito depression is expected to cause a significant increase in wind intensity, with gusts of around 110 km/h in the Central and Eastern Groups, and up to 100 km/h in the Western Group”, says the IPMA.

According to the source, the forecast indicates that the depression will also cause “an increase in maritime agitation, with waves that can reach a significant height of seven metres throughout the archipelago”.

“Associated with this meteorological situation, precipitation is expected to occur, at times heavy, which may be accompanied by thunderstorms”.

The IPMA states that the influence of this depression “should begin to be felt from the early hours of January 10th (Wednesday) and will continue, at least, until the weekend”.

Finally, IPMA today placed the two islands of the Western group of the Azores (Flores and Corvo) on yellow warning, due to maritime unrest (waves from the west, temporarily passing northwest, until 11pm local time on Tuesday), due to wind (south direction, turning southwest, between 11:00 local time and 8:00 pm on Tuesday) and sometimes heavy precipitation (between 2:00 pm local time and 8:00 pm on Tuesday).