The yellow weather warning for cold was in place in all districts throughout the country until Sunday morning, but low temperatures are expected to remain at least until Thursday, Madalena Rodrigues, a meteorologist from the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) has said.
"The weather will remain cold, with low minimum temperatures at least until Thursday of next week, with the issuance of a yellow warning for the entire territory of the continent likely to be renewed next week", she said.
According to Madalena Rodrigues, Bragança, Vila Real, Guarda and Braga will be the districts where the minimums will be lower, varying between -4 and -6 degrees Celsius.
"We will continue to have slightly cloudy or clear skies, with only some heavy clouds in the North and Center regions, formation of ice and frost and sometimes strong wind in the highlands”, she forecasts.
