Portugal is about to be hit by a “train” of depressions
After an Easter weekend, stability and unusually high temperatures at heights Portugal, everything indicates that in the next few days the weather will undergo an upheaval due to a succession of cold air intakes. Consequently, we will even feel a drop in temperatures, even rain and snow.
Easter Monday with the first signs of change
This Easter Mondaypublic holiday (optional) in many municipalities, a very pleasant environment was recorded. Despite the generalized decline in daytime thermal values, cities like Portalegre, White Castle, Évora, Beja and Faro recorded reasonably high maximums, between 22 ºC and 25 ºC. no rest of the country was cooler, especially on the coastsomething for which they will certainly be provided strong north/northwest winds.
In fact, since early this Monday afternoon, they were already very noticeable. the first signs of the weather change thanks to the approach of a atlantic depression. Even the sunny panorama will begin, in the next few hours, to give way to dense cloudiness in several areas of the country, both coastal and inland, not discarding the possibility of drizzle in the Northeast of Trás-os-Montes in the last hours of today’s journey.
From Tuesday: temperature development and strong wind
Tomorrow the depression will join, not directly to us, but we will notice one of its effectsagain in the form of North/Northwest flow from north to south of mainland Portugal. In addition, a of temperatures will be impressive across the countrycausing the cold to gain ground in our geography abruptly.
The highs will register a fall compared to the previous day, dropping between 2°C to 7°C in about 24 hours. It will only be hot in some parts of Baixo Alentejo and in a good part of the Algarve. There is possibility of light and scattered showersunevenly distributed across the country.
On Wednesday, the depression almost released from the polar jet, creating a depression in altitude which will vertiginously head towards the Iberian Peninsula. Most of the rain “cake” will be on the side of Spain, so you expect clouds and good periods of sunshine in mainland Portugal on this day. Even so, despite the unremarkable instability, another drop in high temperatures is expected, with an increasingly icy environment proliferating across the countryas well as some light and irregular showers scattered across mainland Portugal.
In several cities in the interior of the country, such as Real Village, viseu, Bragança and Guard, the minimums adjusted below 5 ºC and even touching 0 ºC. Residual snowfall, probably in the form of showers of snow, on this day, in points close to the Serra do Norte and Centro Lusitanian. Also pay attention to maritime pleasure these next few days.
From Thursday onwards: another depression on its way to the country?
If the scenario projected by the European model mapsthen yes, as of Thursday, the 21st, Mainland Portugal could be more harassed by the arrival of a to Minho and the Porto Metropolitan Area, associated with another Atlantic depression. The first half of the week will be mostly windy and cold, but this will a lot of rain. According to estimates, the most expressive accumulations of possible occurrences north of the Mondego watershed and west of the Condensation Barrier.
Strong Southwest Winds will certainly help to enhance this situation. The front will arrive in the early/mid-afternoon, increasing in intensity throughout the day and expanding its rainfall influence from north to south and from west to east.. With the cold stored on the Continent and at altitude, it is possible that snow on April 22 and 23 in mountain ranges in the north of the country and also in the Cordillera Central.
From Friday onwards, it is expected that rains continue to fall abundantly and widespread across most of the countryhowever, it should be noted that there is still uncertainty regarding this scenario. This is because, according to the ECMWF, a kind of “channel” between Greenland and Scandinavia, which could stimulate the circulation of depressions further south.
So, everything indicates that this is the scenario that will take place between the 21st and 24th, maybe until the 26thwith the appearance of a depression in the vicinity of the Iberian Peninsula already this coming thursday. Time is just around the corner!