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title: IPMA
summary: Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera: Portugal's national meteorological service and the only body that issues weather warnings for Portugal.
mount: <div class="card"><p class="kicker">Bodies</p><div class="wx-scroll" tabindex="0"><svg class="mg" viewBox="0 0 994 296" width="994" height="296" role="img" aria-label="IPMA: what it is connected to"><style>.mg text{font:12px var(--sans);fill:var(--ink)}.mg .mg-sub,.mg .mg-verb{font-size:10px;fill:var(--ink-2)}.mg-node rect{fill:var(--surface);stroke:var(--line-2)}.mg-node.me rect{stroke:var(--focus);stroke-width:2}.mg-node.unstated rect{stroke-dasharray:2 3;fill:var(--paper)}a.mg-node:hover rect,a.mg-node:focus rect{stroke:var(--focus);stroke-width:2}.mg-edge{fill:none;stroke:var(--ink-2);stroke-opacity:.55;stroke-width:1}.mg-edge.unv{stroke-dasharray:5 4}</style><path class="mg-edge" d="M232 143C306 143 306 148 380 148"><title>stated on the page: ipma.pt</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="240" y="139" text-anchor="start">supplies</text><a class="mg-node " href="body-ecmwf.html"><rect x="2" y="128" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="9" y="141">ECMWF</text><text class="mg-sub" x="9" y="153">Bodies</text></a><path class="mg-edge" d="M610 148C685 148 685 23 760 23"><title>stated on the page: ipma.pt</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="752" y="19" text-anchor="end">issues</text><a class="mg-node " href="svc-ipma-warnings.html"><rect x="760" y="8" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="767" y="21">IPMA&#39;s weather warnings (avisos met…</text><text class="mg-sub" x="767" y="33">Warning services</text></a><path class="mg-edge" d="M610 148C685 148 685 63 760 63"><title>stated on the page: aemet.es</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="752" y="59" text-anchor="end">issues</text><a class="mg-node " href="svc-storm-naming-sw.html"><rect x="760" y="48" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="767" y="61">Storm naming, south-western group</text><text class="mg-sub" x="767" y="73">Warning services</text></a><path class="mg-edge" d="M610 148C685 148 685 103 760 103"><title>stated on the page: api.ipma.pt</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="752" y="99" text-anchor="end">operates</text><a class="mg-node " href="obs-ipma-stations.html"><rect x="760" y="88" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="767" y="101">IPMA&#39;s surface stations</text><text class="mg-sub" x="767" y="113">Observing systems</text></a><path class="mg-edge" d="M610 148C685 148 685 143 760 143"><title>stated on the page: ipma.pt</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="752" y="139" text-anchor="end">operates</text><a class="mg-node " href="obs-radar-ipma.html"><rect x="760" y="128" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="767" y="141">IPMA&#39;s weather radars</text><text class="mg-sub" x="767" y="153">Observing systems</text></a><path class="mg-edge" d="M610 148C685 148 685 183 760 183"><title>stated on the page: aviationweather.gov</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="752" y="179" text-anchor="end">operates</text><a class="mg-node " href="obs-airport-metar.html"><rect x="760" y="168" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="767" y="181">Airport observations (METAR)</text><text class="mg-sub" x="767" y="193">Observing systems</text></a><path class="mg-edge" d="M610 148C685 148 685 223 760 223"><title>stated on the page: api.ipma.pt</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="752" y="219" text-anchor="end">publishes</text><a class="mg-node " href="data-ipma-open.html"><rect x="760" y="208" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="767" y="221">IPMA open data (api.ipma.pt)</text><text class="mg-sub" x="767" y="233">Open data and APIs</text></a><path class="mg-edge" d="M610 148C685 148 685 263 760 263"><title>stated on the page: ipma.pt</title></path><text class="mg-verb" x="752" y="259" text-anchor="end">runs</text><a class="mg-node " href="model-arome.html"><rect x="760" y="248" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="767" y="261">AROME (Météo-France)</text><text class="mg-sub" x="767" y="273">Models</text></a><g class="mg-node me"><rect x="380" y="133" width="230" height="30" rx="4"/><text x="387" y="146">IPMA</text><text class="mg-sub" x="387" y="158">Bodies</text></g></svg></div><p class="wx-legend meta">Left: what points at it. Right: what it points at. Each line carries its verb; a dashed line was not confirmed on the page cited, or the site does not say; the table below gives the page and the time read for each. <span class="prov">From <a href="body-ipma.json">body-ipma.json</a></span></p></div>
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# IPMA

> Kept by incident.meteorology@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 11:36 UTC

[Where a forecast comes from](../index.md) · Bodies · id `body-ipma` · [as data](body-ipma.json)

Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera: Portugal's national meteorological service and the only body that issues weather warnings for Portugal.

**Address:** [https://www.ipma.pt/](https://www.ipma.pt/) (leaves this site)  
**Our page about the site** (by incident.weatherwatch@): [research/weather-sites](../../research/weather-sites/sites/ipma.md)

## What it is connected to, and who says so

**The same thing elsewhere on this site:** [the entity `body/ipma`](../../entities/body/ipma.html) (a join we state, not a match by address).

| This | Verb | That | The page that says so | Read | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPMA | **issues** | [IPMA's weather warnings (avisos meteorológicos)](svc-ipma-warnings.md) | [ipma.pt](https://www.ipma.pt/pt/enciclopedia/otempo/sam/index.html): "Enciclopédia ipma --> / Contacto / EN Tempo Previsão significativa Previsão 10 dias e horária Previsão descritiva Avisos Meteorológicos Cartas meteorológicas Perfis verticais Imagens satélite Imagens radar Descargas elét" | 11:28 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| IPMA | **issues** | [Storm naming, south-western group](svc-storm-naming-sw.md) | [aemet.es](https://www.aemet.es/en/conocermas/borrascas): "oriental (Grecia, Chipre e Israel) El 1 de septiembre de 2026 Aemet , en colaboración con Météo-France (Francia), IPMA (Portugal), RMI (Bélgica), MeteoLux (Luxemburgo) y el Servei Meteorol gic Nacional (Andorra), da comi" *As AEMET states it: the tenth season of naming began on 1 September 2026, with Météo-France, IPMA, RMI, MeteoLux and Andorra's service.* | 11:28 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| IPMA | **operates** | [IPMA's surface stations](obs-ipma-stations.md) | [api.ipma.pt](https://api.ipma.pt/): "Baixo intervaloHora : intervalo de horas relativo ao valor máximo de UV idPeriodo : código interno do período Observação Meteorológica de Estações (dados horários, últimas 24 horas) Invocação : (link) Notas" | 11:28 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| IPMA | **operates** | [IPMA's weather radars](obs-radar-ipma.md) | [ipma.pt](https://www.ipma.pt/pt/otempo/obs.radar/): "IPMA - Imagens de radar Quem somos / Onde estamos / Conselho científico / Recrutamento / Formação @ IPMA / Investigação / e Biblioteca / Enciclopédia ipma --> / Contacto / EN Tempo Previsão" | 11:28 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| IPMA | **operates** | [Airport observations (METAR)](obs-airport-metar.md) | [aviationweather.gov](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): "Temperature Winds Turbulence Icing Products SIGMET G-AIRMET Center Weather Adv Prog charts TAF map Forecast Discussions METAR/TAF data PIREP/AIREP data Wind/temp data ITWS data WAFS grids SigWx charts TCF/eTCF/ECFP Tools" *The AWC API redistributes METARs; that IPMA issues Lisbon's is recorded in the data room (airport.json), not on this page.* | 11:28 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| IPMA | **publishes** | [IPMA open data (api.ipma.pt)](data-ipma-open.md) | [api.ipma.pt](https://api.ipma.pt/): "IPMA - api api homepage api navigation sobre IPMA serviço online termos e condições contactos IPMA API Interface de Programação de Aplicações do IPMA sobre api Este sistema" | 11:28 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| IPMA | **runs** | [AROME (Météo-France)](model-arome.md) | [ipma.pt](https://www.ipma.pt/pt/enciclopedia/otempo/previsao.numerica/index.html): "principais produtos resultante desta área de atividade no IPMA é a versão operacional do modelo de área limitada AROME, o qual possui uma resolução horizontal de 2.5 km. Têm sido desenvolvidos vários produtos derivados d" *IPMA's own page: the operational version of the limited-area model AROME, 2.5 km; products also derived from ECMWF's global model.* | 11:29 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |
| IPMA | **supplied by** | [ECMWF](body-ecmwf.md) | [ipma.pt](https://www.ipma.pt/pt/enciclopedia/otempo/previsao.numerica/index.html): "uma resolução horizontal de 2.5 km. Têm sido desenvolvidos vários produtos derivados deste modelo, bem como do modelo global do ECMWF, sendo efetuada a verificação/validação dos resultados de uma forma sistemática. ECMWF" *IPMA derives products from ECMWF's global model as well as from its own AROME runs.* | 11:29 UTC, 11 Nov | stated on the page |

## Licence: what we may do with it

No licence row yet covers this node: **unclear** until one does. [The licence table](../licences.md).

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Not a warning service: this page explains where data comes from. For warnings follow [IPMA](https://www.ipma.pt/pt/otempo/prev-sam/) and ANEPC.