after the deluge that hit the Greater Lisbon and surrounding areas in Portugal continentaleveryone wonders how long will it rain and if there will be more floods and damage caused by heavy precipitation. According to official data, the rain which fell on Wednesday, December 7th, consumed within 24 hours (80 mm) about 63% of the values ​​for the entire month of December🇧🇷

Well, get ready: the next few days in our country will be full of rain, wind and accepted conditions for the occurrence of thunderstorms🇧🇷 Precaution is, again, excessively foreseen in a short period of time and, therefore, it is not surprising the occurrence of more flash floodsespecially in areas geographic historically independentwith poor water drainage capacity and high waterproofing🇧🇷

What to expect in Portugal between Thursday and Saturday night?

This Thursday (8) the rain was relatively widespread and persistent due to an Atlantic depression located west of mainland Portugal🇧🇷 From 22:00/23:00 the precipitation will intensify. The dawn and early hours of the morning of Friday (9) will be very rainy and cloudy from north to south of our geography🇧🇷

And, again, with the orange warning already active, the districts of leiriaLisbon, santarem🇧🇷 Setubal and nose will register a lot of precipitation in the first 9/10 hours of Friday (9🇧🇷 It is not ruled out that the orange warning for significant risk of rain will be extended to more regions of Portugal.

The temperatures will be similar, little thermal oscillation is preventedand, so, um mild environmentconsidering it’s December. More flash floods are possibleand in particular in areas that have already been used in recent days🇧🇷 will predominate southwest wind with moderate gusts, occasionally strong in most of the mainland. from the early afternoon on Friday (9), the rain will start to ease🇧🇷

Weekend to use umbrella and possibility of snowfall

For most of Saturday (10) only a few scattered showers are expected across the interior North and Center, but nothing that is significant🇧🇷 In the rest of the country, generally cloudy skies, some rays of sunlight and a slight drop in temperature, both maximum and minimum, are expected. The wind will tend to blow weak and from the West quadrant. Still, from mid-afternoon on the 10th (next Saturday) there will be a new front that will penetrate mainland Portugal from the southwest of the territorythis is, from the western Algarve🇧🇷

For Sunday (11) it is forecast cloudy skies, rain, which this time will be widespread, frequent and abundant from north to south of mainland Portugalas well as thermal variations that occur thanks to the polar air from the north collides with tropical, humid air from the south🇧🇷 On the one hand, the center and south of the country will register an increase in thermal values. On the other hand, in most of the North Region (roughly speaking or inland) there will be a decrease in temperature values.

This collision of air masses of different natureforeseen in the Peninsular Northwest (Galicia and North of Portugal), could lead to a snowfall with a somewhat significant defeat between the final of the day on Saturday (10) and the early morning of Sunday (11)🇧🇷 White hydrometeor (snow) is expected to fall from the 1000/1200 meters altitudemost likely in mountains of the interior north and center🇧🇷 The wind will generally blow from the south and west.