This week will be marked by the return of rain and due to precipitation and wind forecasts from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) all districts of mainland Portugal will be under yellow warning on Wednesday (5 November).
The IPMA already predicts periods of rain for the end of Tuesday afternoon in the North and Center regions, especially in Minho and Douro Litoral. In addition to the precipitation, strong winds are expected, with gusts of up to 85 km/h, in the highlands. Taking these predictions into account, the districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga, Vila Real, Bragança, Porto, Aveiro, Viseu, Guarda, Coimbra, Castelo Branco and Leiria will be under yellow warning, from 9pm on Tuesday, due to wind and sea disturbances.
The following day, on Wednesday, from 00:00, the yellow warning extends to the rest of the continental territory, taking into account the forecast of “periods of rain or showers, sometimes heavy and which may be accompanied by thunderstorms”. For this day, a “small drop in maximum temperature” is expected.
According to IPMA forecasts, for this Monday (3 November), the sky will be “slightly cloudy or clear, becoming very cloudy in Minho and Douro Litoral at the end of the day, with the possibility of light rain”, with “a small drop in the minimum temperature expected, especially in the South region”. As regards the maximum temperature, there is a small increase, “especially in the interior
North and Center” and a small descent into the Algarve.
Still with regard to temperatures, it is expected that today the minimum will vary between 3º Celsius (Bragança) and 12º (Faro) and the maximum between 13º (Guarda) and 22º (Évora, Beja, Santarém and Setúbal).