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Heavy rain, winds at 120 km/h. Effects begin in the South. Wait for “good weather”? Only in two weeks, probably.
They are still reckoning with Kristin’s depression, they are still trying to understand what happened – or will happen – with Leonardo’s depression, and warnings are already arriving about the depression Martha.
Mainland Portugal will begin to feel the effects of the Marta depression on Saturday morning, which brings rain, snow, wind and sea disturbances and a new rise in river flows and streams south of the Tagus River.
According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), the effects of the depression will begin to be felt in the region On the, especially in the coastline, already Saturday morning“with persistent and sometimes heavy precipitation and wind gusts of around 100 km/h and 120 km/h in the mountains.”
“It is expected that the highest accumulated values of precipitation occur south of the Tagus River, including the greater Lisbon regionbeing more likely in Alentejo and in Algarve mountains, with accumulations of around 60 mm (liters/m2) in 24 hours, which will contribute to a further increase in the flow of rivers and streams in these areas”, can be read in the IPMA statement.
This average, of 60 mm (liters/m2) in 24 hours, It’s as if it rained in one day what normally rains in a month in Évoradetailed meteorologist Nuno Lopes in .
The regions Center e Norte they will also feel the consequences of this new storm.
From Saturday afternoon onwards, with the depression moving eastwards, an intensification of the vento on the Central coast, with gusts that could reach 90 km/h, as well as sometimes heavy precipitation.
Precipitation will occur in the form of neve above 900 meters in altitude, temporarily increasing the elevation to 1200/1400 meters between the early morning and late afternoon, with accumulations exceeding 25 cm above 1400 meters in Serra da Estrela.
It is “storm train” should only slow down on Sundaythe day of the second round of the presidential elections.
And, in general, this situation of rain and winds should only remain calmer in two weeksalready after Carnival, in principle.
