Faro and Beja under yellow warning due to thunder forecast

Ofaro and Beja districts will be today under yellow warning due to the forecast of thunderstorms, locally strong rain, hail and gusts of wind, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).

According to IPMA, the yellow warning will be in effect between 12:00 and 6:00 today.

The Institute provides for these two districts favorable conditions for the occurrence of local meteorological phenomena, such as thunderstorms, locally strong precipitation, with accumulation between 10 and 20 mm in one hour, hail with a diameter of less than two centimeters and bursts between 70 and 90 kilometers per hour (k/m).

The yellow warning is the least serious of a three-scale and is issued whenever there is a risk situation for certain activities dependent on the weather situation.

The IPMA provides for today in the continent sky in general little cloudy, sometimes strong and with possibility of thunderstorm, in the Lower Alentejo and Algarve, and weak wind to moderate northeast, sometimes blowing strong in the highlands of the North and Center regions until mid-morning, driving northwest from the afternoon.

The forecast also points to a small drop in the minimum temperature, especially in the North and Central regions, and a small drop in the maximum on the coast.

Minimum temperatures will fluctuate between 04 degrees Celsius (Guarda) and 14 degrees maximum (Faro) and 25 degrees maximum (Evora, Beja, Lisbon and Setúbal).