The weather tends to be dry and temperatures are within normal limits for the time of year.
The state of tempo already passage to the New Year will “tend to seco” and with temperatures “inside the normal for the time of year”, according to a source from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) told Lusa.
Speaking to Lusa, meteorologist Jorge Ponte explained that, although it may still be “a little early for a forecast” for the New Year, “it may still undergo some changes”, however, “the tendency is for the weather to be dry and temperatures to be within normal limits for the time of year”.
will be values “close to zero, or even slightly lower than zero in the northeast of Trás-os-Montes and Beira Alta, and between 5 and 10 degrees in the rest of the territory, in relation to the minimum temperatures”, he specified.
“As maximums [serão] naturally a little taller, between 10 and 15 degreesin most of the territory and lower in the northern and central interior”, added the meteorologist.
According to the meteorologist, the night from Thursday to Friday was the one, so far, “with the lowest temperatures”, remembering that a large part of the continent was already under yellow warning due to the cold weather in force.
Jorge Ponte added that there will be “a small rise, nothing very significant”, but temperatures “will remain within what is normal for the time of year”.
From domingo, “These conditions will change, the precipitation, to occur in the following days, it will be “more weak e disperses”, days being “tendically dry and with temperatures within what is normal for the time of year”, he stated.
“The most significant thing, from the 29th onwards, could be the fogs morning temperatures, which may persist in the northeast of Trás-os-Montes and Beira Alta” and where maximum temperatures “will be very low and there may even be icicle formation, that is, deposition of ice on surfaces”, added Jorge Ponte.
The Directorate-General for Health (DGS) warned on Tuesday about the precautions to be taken due to the cold, remembering that falling temperatures increase the risk of worsening chronic diseases and asking the population to protect themselves.
