The districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga and Porto will be, on Sunday morning, under orange alert due to the forecast of “persistent and sometimes intense rains”, reported this Friday the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA).
The orange warning (the second most serious on a scale of three) for intense rainfall applies to these three districts in the north of mainland Portugal on the first day of 2023, Sunday, between 00:00 and 12:00, according to the IPMA.
From 9:00 p.m. on Friday to 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, the districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga and Porto, under yellow notice (the least severe of a scale of three) due to the forecast of “strong wind, with gusts of up to 80 km/h [quilómetros por hora]”, as well as Aveiro, where this warning begins at the same time and lasts until 12:00 on Saturday.
Of the 18 districts of continental Portugal, 11 in the north and center are under a yellow alert for rainfall from Saturday to Sunday, although with different hours in relation to the alert.
In addition to the orange warning between 00:00 and 12:00 on Sunday, the districts of Viana do Castelo, Braga and Porto are under yellow warning between 18:00 on Saturday and 00:00 on Sunday and between 12:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. :00 on Sunday, by “persistent and sometimes intense rain”according to information from IPMA.
On Sunday, January 1, the districts of Aveiro (between 00:00 and 15:00), Vila Real and Viseu (both between 09:00 and 18:00), as well as Coimbra and Leiria (both between 09:00 and 18:00). 18:00) are also under yellow warning for rainfall between 12:00 and 18:00) and Bragança, Guarda and Castelo Branco (all three between 15:00 and 21:00).
In addition to the precipitation and wind warnings, the IPMA issued a yellow warning for storm surge for Viana do Castelo, Braga and Porto, between 12:00 p.m. on Saturday and 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, as well as for Aveiro (between 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and 12:00 p.m.). Sunday), Leiria and Coimbra (both between 9:00 p.m. on Saturday and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday) and Lisbon (Sunday between 6:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.), all with a forecast of “west-southwest swells with 4 to 4 ,5 meters”.
In addition to the northern and central districts of mainland Portugal, the autonomous region of Madeira will be under a yellow alert for precipitation on Sunday between 03:00 and 09:00.
Without IPMA weather warnings between today and until Sunday, there are the districts of the Alentejo and Algarve regions, as well as the autonomous region of the Azores.
Source: Observadora
