“Beast from the East”: Mass of icy air could reach Portugal this month – Climate
A meteorological phenomenon is forming over Siberia, Russia, which has been given the name ‘Beast from the East’. It is a mass of icy air that could arrive in Portugal in December.According to the Spanish website ‘El Tiempo’, there are still no absolute certainties about the direction of this cold air, but everything indicates that the destination is Southern Europe, with the probability of reaching Spain and Portugal quite high. The forecast pointed to the arrival of this cold air mass in early December.
However, forecasts may still change. “In the next few days we will continue to have some precipitation coming from the Atlantic, from west to east. And a decrease in temperature is expected due to a cold front that reaches the Azores ”, he said, to the cmmeteorologist Cristina Simões, from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere.
However, forecasts may still change. “In the next few days we will continue to have some precipitation coming from the Atlantic, from west to east. And a decrease in temperature is expected due to a cold front that reaches the Azores ”, he said, to the cmmeteorologist Cristina Simões, from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere.
As for the mass of icy air that is forming in Siberia, Cristina Simões says that it is still too early to know whether it will be able to reach Portugal, since, “for now, there is nothing with these characteristics coming from the East.”