After the MCS
After the MCS left the island of Madeira, there were still relative maxima of CRR over the island at 12:45, 13:15 and 14:00 UTC, again suggesting orographic influence on the precipitation regime (Figure 15). In this period the mountain station of Areeiro is still having precipitation between 5 and 10 mm in 10 minutes, therefore, still loading water into the (already overloaded) channeled rivers that flow to city of Funchal.
Figure 15: Convective Rainfall Rate (CRR, in mm/h) from Meteosat 9 at some instants between 12:30 and 14:00 UTC on 20/02/2010.