Alex’s depression promises to bring strong winds, lower temperatures and rain to mainland Portugal – Climate



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The Alex Depression approaching mainland Portugal should bring intense winds, heavy rain and a drop in temperatures starting October 1.

According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere, the arrival of the storm to the national territory is scheduled for the end of this Thursday and should remain until Friday.

The effects of the depression will be felt “as the intensity of the wind increases”, becoming more pronounced in the North and Center of the Country, “locally intense rains in the regions north of the Montejunto-Estrela mountain system” and also a decrease in temperature ” which will vary approximately between 12 and 18 ° C in the northern regions of the Tagus valley and between 18 and 25 ° C in the south “.

Wind gusts should reach “75 km / h on the coast and up to 110 km / h in the mountains.”

A “significant increase in maritime disturbances is also expected on the west coast, particularly between the early hours of the 2nd and the early hours of the 3rd, especially in the north with Cape Raso.”



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