The notice fromthe Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA) is valid between noon and 9:00 pm today for the seven districts of the mainland, namely Bragança, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Guarda, Portalegre, Vila Real and Viseu .
The IPMA predicts the occurrence of showers, "sometimes heavy and which may occasionally be accompanied by strong gusts of wind, hail" and frequent and scattered thunderstorms.