Storm Bruna arrives on Sunday: rain until 13 November, waves up to 5 metres. Rain warning in eight districts on Friday
The weather service IPMA has given the name Bruna to a deep low north of the Azores (IPMA). It will reach the mainland on Sunday morning, 8 November, and bands of rain will then cross the country one after another until at least the 13th (Diário de Notícias).
The rain will be persistent and at times heavy, with thunderstorms. It will be heaviest as the weather fronts pass through: over the week more than 200 mm could fall in the mountains. From Sunday the southerly wind will pick up, with gusts of up to 70 km/h on the west coast and in the mountains.
The sea will turn rough earlier. Off the west coast waves will be 1–2 metres from Saturday, rising to 4–5 metres by Monday, 9 November. Off the Algarve coast they will be 1–1.5 metres on Sunday and 2–3 metres on Monday.
The first rain will arrive as early as Friday. From 15:00 to midnight on 6 November a yellow warning, the lowest of three levels, will be in place in eight districts: Viana do Castelo, Braga, Porto, Aveiro, Coimbra, Leiria, Lisbon and Setúbal. Showers are expected, heavy in places and with thunder.
Madeira will be under an orange warning from 18:00 on Saturday to 03:00 on Sunday: heavy, persistent rain with thunder and gusts of up to 100 km/h, and up to 130 km/h in the mountains. The Azores are under a yellow warning. IPMA will issue new warnings as the storm draws closer; check our weather forecast for your town.
