It starts today, Tuesday: rain, sometimes intense and accompanied by thunder, strong winds and increased sea agitation.
It’s the week that spring begins, in several parts of the country it has already smelled the change of season, but days that feel like winter are still coming.
The weather in mainland Portugal will be affected between today (Tuesday) and Saturday by Therese depression, anticipating rain sometimes intense and accompanied by thunderstorm, strong wind and increase in agitation maritime.
In a statement, the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) says that the Therese depression “will be centered on west of mainland Portugal”, affecting the weather between late afternoon on Tuesday and Saturday.
Thus, from today onwards, “an increase in cloud cover is expected across the entire territory and there will be the possibility of showers from the end of the afternoon onwards, which will be more likely on the coast of the southern region”, the note reads.
On Wednesday, adds the IPMA, the depression will lead to the “occurrence of showers, which will be more likely in the Center and South and mainly on the coast, which may be occasionally intense and accompanied by thunderstorm.”
As for the vento, it will oscillate between “the eastern quadrant and the southern quadrant” and will increase in intensity, sometimes blowing strongly in the coastal strip and in the highlands, with gusts of up to 65 kilometers/hour.
Relative to sea unrest, the IPMA says that a “temporary increase” is expected on the west coast, for northwest waves that could reach close to four meters in significant height.
Notices
At first, no weather warning was issued regarding the passage of Depression Therese, but the situation has since changed.
IPMA issued several yellow warnings: Setúbal, Leiria, Lisbon, Beja and Faro because of the rain between 00:00 and 09:00 on Wednesday.
Faro there is also a yellow warning due to the southeast wind with gusts of up to 75 kilometers per hour, with up to 100 kilometers per hour in the mountains (between 1 pm and 3 pm today) and because of the sea unrest, with forecast waves from the southeast measuring 2 to 2.5 meters (between 9 am and 3 pm today).
With yellow warning is also the archipelago of Madeira due to the forecast of showers, sometimes heavy and accompanied by thunderstorms, between 12pm and 9pm today.
The Madeira archipelago will still be in yellow between 3pm on Wednesday and 12pm on Thursday due to the state of the sea, with northwest waves predicted at 4 to 5 meters.
Azores
Nos Azores, an unusual cold episode is forecast.
For the Azores archipelago, IPMA issued warnings orange and yellow due to sea agitation, wind and rain, between today and Thursday, due to the passage of the depression.
According to a statement from IPMA, the Azores archipelago will be hit by depression Therese, which will reach, at 8 pm on Wednesday, approximately 560 kilometers east of São Miguel, and a sharp drop in temperatures, which “doesn’t happen very often” and results from a northerly current, associated with the joint action between the anticyclone and a depression.
During the passage of the depression, the Azores will be affected by low temperatures, predicting the IPMA in the Western group (Flores and Corvo), minimum values between 7 and 9 degrees Celsius (°C), while in the Central (Terceira, Faial, Graciosa, Pico and São Jorge) and Eastern (São Miguel and Santa Maria) groups they may fall to values between 3ºC e axis 5ºC.
Maximum temperatures should vary between 10 and 12 degrees in the Western group and between 8 and 12 degrees in the Central and Eastern groups.
