The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) placed 15 districts of mainland Portugal and Madeira under yellow warning due to forecasts of snowfall, strong rain or wind and sea disturbances.
Snowfall warnings are valid until Tuesday for the districts of Aveiro, Castelo Branco, Bragança, Coimbra, Viseu, Braga, Porto, Guarda, Vila Real, Viana do Castelo and Leiria.
Warnings of sea disturbances and strong winds are valid for Tuesday in the districts of Aveiro, Coimbra, Braga, Porto, Faro, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo, Lisbon, Leiria and Beja.
In the Autonomous Region of Madeira, the warning of rain, sometimes heavy and accompanied by thunderstorms, is valid until 12:00 today in mountainous areas and on the North and South coasts.
The warning of maritime unrest in the archipelago is valid for Tuesday on the North Coast and on the island of Porto Santo.
In IPMA terminology, the yellow warning is the second least serious on a scale of four and means “a risk situation for certain activities depending on the meteorological situation”.
According to Meteo, the models remain firm in the possibility of snowfall, especially between Monday and Holy Tuesday.
✅We zoom in on the maps to see that not even in winter did we have the possibility of snow in Serra de Aire e Candeeiros or Monchique in the Algarve as we do at the moment.
✅The accumulations will again be significant, around half a meter in Peneda-Gerês, Montemuro and Alvão, between 15 and 20 cm in Nogueira, Montesinho, Corôa, Mairos, Bornes, Minhéu, Armada, Telégrafo, Padrela and Serra da Estrela and Sanábria more than 1 meter of new snow will again accumulate.
✅We are already within the maximum reliability period for the models, but we will update all the information in detail in the next few hours.
