Will there also be rain, snow and thunderstorms on the widened bridge in May? Here is the weather forecast in Portugal from Meteored

In the next few hours – that is, this Friday afternoon and evening (26th) and Saturday the 27th – a depression coming from the Atlantic will cross the northwest of the Iberian Peninsulaintensifying the precipitation and frequency of showers that have already been recorded on Thursday (25) and today (26).

Precipitation will be frequent in the Regions North It is Center of Portugalboth in zones coastal and mountain west of the Condensation Barrierlike in some of the interior – Northeast Trás-os-Montes and Beiras and Serra da Estrela – , being of snow at the highest points of the Serra da Estrela it’s from snow or hail from 1000 meters of altitude in the last hours of the day at points of far north from the country.

Furthermore, the wind will blow with strong gusts from the Southwest, especially in the coastal strip south of Cabo Mondego and in the highlands (up to 55 km/h).

Cold depression coming from Greenland will cause a storm of rain and snow in Portugal

For Sunday (28) some weak and scattered post-frontal showers are expected to occurdistributed very irregularly across the entire continent, with a tendency to dissipate in the late afternoon.

At Monday (29) a day with generally very cloudy skies is expected (except at dawn). However, a new depression will emerge whose axis will be located vertically over the Iberian Peninsula. This will favor the development of more localized and frequent showers in eastern Spain, meaning Mainland Portugal will pass “completely aside” from instability that day.

Although, some traces of this instability may manifest itself in the form of occasional drizzle or showers in some places from the inside.

However, after a Monday (29) which is expected to be relatively calm, weather conditions will soon become unstable again. From Tuesday (30), a front associated with a new depression will move from the Atlantic, and then from the coast to the interior of mainland Portugalassuming a northwest-southeast trajectory.

This new depression will remain almost stationary for several days northwest of the Iberian Peninsula and southwest of the British Isles, where it will gradually weaken during the second half of the week. A high uncertainty associated with final evolution of this low pressure center entails a strong decrease in predictability during the end of the week next.

Widened bridge in May with rain north of the Tagus and snow in the mountains and mountains

Taking into account the synoptic configuration mentioned above, it is likely that rain will become more frequent and abundant from Tuesday (30) in the northern regions of the Montejunto-Estrela mountain system and, in particular, in areas located west of the Condensation Barrier.

To the south of the aforementioned mountain system and east of the Barreira, precipitation will tend to decrease in frequency and intensity, being very scarce south of the Tagusso significant accumulations are not expected in these areas. More irregular rain or showers may occur between Wednesday (1) and Friday (3) in the same regions, as the depression loses strength.

There is also the possibility of more snowfall in high mountain areas in the North and Center. However, the temperature of the air mass is not estimated to be cold enough for snow to appear at lower elevations, so it should only fall above 1200 meters altitude.

At this temporal distance it is impossible to determine how abundant or scarce the snow accumulations will be in the main Portuguese mountains and mountains (mountainous group formed by the Condensation Barrier, Cordillera Central and some mountains in the Northeast of Trás-os-Montes).

Considerable uncertainty for the first weekend of May

During the May Widened Bridge (May 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)the gradual loss of strength of the depression located northwest of Galicia and northern mainland Portugal, will favor a decrease and progressive withdrawal of precipitation on the weekend of May 4th and 5th. However, there are no signs of a strong cresting anticyclone establishing itself over Southwest Europe..

Therefore, the arrival of more fronts or depressions near our country cannot be ruled out. Consequently, the possibility of rain or showers during the first weekend of May should not be excluded..

As for temperatures, everything indicates that they will be quite fresh or cold for the time of yearas Meteored reference model to anticipate negative thermal anomalies -3 ºC, that is, up to 3 ºC below average climatological reference from north to south of the continent’s geography.