WEATHER (Vale do Homem) – Weather changes from today. Rain and snow return above 600m

Amares and Terras de Bouro wake up with fog and the first heavy clouds. The occasional ray of sunshine may still appear, but the rain will reappear from mid-morning onwards.

There are several warnings from IPMA for the next few hours, with emphasis on the yellow warning from 9pm for snowfall above 600/800 m, with accumulation above 800/1000 m, which could be 5 cm above 800 m .

IPMA NOTICES

Now, in concrete terms, the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) has already placed Braga, Porto, Viana do Castelo, Lisbon, Leiria, Aveiro and Coimbra under orange warning due to maritime unrest, placing 16 districts of mainland Portugal under yellow warning. due to snow, precipitation or strong wind.

The orange warning, the second most serious on a scale of three, applies to the seven districts of the north and center of the coast of mainland Portugal due to maritime unrest, between 12:00 pm on Tuesday and 03:00 am on Wednesday, in which “northwest waves of five to seven meters are expected, with a maximum height of 12 meters”. according to IPMA.

Between Monday and Wednesday, these seven districts, as well as Faro, Setúbal, Beja and the Autonomous Region of Madeira, in particular the north coast and Porto Santo, are under yellow warning due to maritime unrest, with the forecast of “ northwest waves with four to five meters”.

The snowfall forecast, between Monday and Tuesday, affects 11 of the 18 districts of mainland Portugal, namely Bragança, Viseu, Porto, Guarda, Vila Real, Viana do Castelo, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Aveiro, Coimbra and Braga, which are under yellow warning.

According to IPMA, in these 11 districts “snowfall above 600/800 meters is expected, with accumulation above 800/1,000 meters, which could be five centimeters above 800 meters”, which could lead to disturbances caused by snowfall with accumulation and possible formation of ice, for example, “conditioned or closed roads, damage to structures or trees, impaired local supplies”.

In addition to the alerts for sea unrest, snow and precipitation, there is a yellow warning for strong winds, which applies to the districts of Porto, Faro, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo, Lisbon, Leiria, Beja, Aveiro, Coimbra and Braga, between Monday and fair and Tuesday, informs IPMA.

The yellow warning, the least serious on a scale of three, is issued by IPMA whenever there is a risk situation for certain activities depending on the meteorological situation, while the orange warning, the second most serious, is issued whenever there is a meteorological situation of moderate to high risk.

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