Snow may fall in areas above 600 metres in the North and Centre of the country; however, IPMA does not rule out the possibility of snow falling, in smaller quantities, in the Serra de S. Mamede and Marvão, in Alto Alentejo and in the highest points of the Serra de Monchique, in the Algarve.

The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) has issued a yellow warning for sometimes heavy rain in the districts of Lisbon, Leiria and Coimbra between 3 pm and 6 pm today and Viseu, Évora, Porto, Vila Real, Setúbal, Santarém, Viana do Castelo, Aveiro, Castelo Branco, Portalegre and Braga between 3 pm and 9 pm today.

The districts of Porto, Faro, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo, Lisbon, Leiria, Beja, Aveiro, Coimbra and Braga will be under red alert on Saturday due to rough seas.

The most severe level of the IPMA (Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere) will be in effect between 3 am and 7 pm on Saturday, due to the forecast of "northwesterly waves with a significant height of 7 to 9 metres, possibly reaching a maximum height of 15 metres", along the entire west coast.