After a Holy Week worthy of winter in most of the country, what do the models tell us for the start of April? Is the rain saying goodbye? Find out everything here!
The week that ends today was full of episodes of adverse weather involving rain, wind, thunderstorms, cold and snow, in various parts of the country. Hundreds of incidents were recorded by Civil Protection, due to damage caused by the weather.. But, ending the month of March, what will the beginning of April (“Águas Mil”) be like?
The start of the first week of April
After a rainy and cold Easter, with only some respite in some parts of the country, the first week of April starts in a similar way. Our maps show that Monday could count on rain, in a large part of our geographymainly on the coastal strip, north of Cabo Carvoeiro, also having a significant incidence in the northern and central interior of the country, There may be snowfall in higher elevations.
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This precipitation is expected to remain for several hours, from dawn, and may slow down as the hours pass, so by the end of the day it will have dissipated from practically the entire country.
As for temperatures, a slight increase in minimums and maximums may be noted, especially in the districts of the North Coast and Center. However, the difference will not be significant, as Porto and Viana do Castelo may record maximums of 15 ºC and minimums of 8 ºC and 9 ºC, respectively.
Even so, the hottest districts will be Faro and Beja, where thermometers can reach 17 ºC, followed by Lisbon, Santarém, Évora and Coimbra which can reach 16 ºC. Already the coldest districts will be Bragança and Guardawhere the maximum temperature should not exceed 10 ºC and 8 ºC, respectively.
This way, temperatures are below normal for the season, as we can see in the image above. This anomaly intensifies in relation to the lows on the coast (during the night), although even inland it is colder than usual during the day.
And as the week progresses? The temperature may start to rise!
From Tuesday onwards, a gradual increase in minimum and maximum temperatures is expected, especially on the coast and in the southern region. This increase will be subtle, but should maintain the upward trend until at least Friday.
Still on Tuesday, Showers are expected for the North region in the early hours of the morning. This rain could spread to the Central region, and could even reach the South, albeit in a minor way. The region that could record the most precipitation is expected to be the Minho region.
For Wednesday, despite the cloudiness that is expected, with some open, especially in the south of the country, p.There may still be scattered rain in the North region.
The week starts similar to the last few days, with rain and cold, but as the days go by, improvements may be seen.
It will be on Wednesday that thermometers will also be able to return to spring values, exceeding 20ºC in Beja, Évora, Santarém and Coimbra. Here the lowest maximum temperature could be 14 ºC for the Guarda district.
Finally, on Thursday the rain could return to the country, in the last hours of the dayaffecting the Minho region, and may remain during the early hours of Friday.
Friday should be a more typical spring day, with temperatures above 20 ºC in several districts of the country. Évora being the district to record the highest maximum, of 23 ºC, followed by 22 ºC for Beja, 21 ºC for Coimbra, Castelo Branco and Portalegre, and 20 ºC for Faro, Porto and Santarém.
