According to the IPMA, the districts of Viseu, Porto, Vila Real, Viana do Castelo, Leiria, Aveiro, Coimbra, and Braga are under a yellow warning.

The warnings due to rain are active until 9:00am today and then extend to New Year's Eve in Braga, Viana do Castelo, and Porto (from 6:00 pm on Saturday to 9:00 am on Sunday), as well as Aveiro (22:00 on Saturday to 12:00 on Sunday). On the first day of the year (09:00/18:00) a yellow warning is active in Viseu, Vila Real, Leiria, and Coimbra.

The IPMA has also placed the districts of Porto, Aveiro, Braga, and Viana do Castelo under a yellow warning, due to wind, from the end of today until Saturday morning.

For today, the IPMA predicts periods of rain in the North and Centre.

On Thursday, the IPMA had already released forecasts for New Year’s Eve, pointing to rain for Minho and the Douro Litoral from Saturday afternoon, extending the precipitation to the rest of the mainland on Sunday, the first day of 2023.

The rain should affect the southern region “only on the afternoon of the 1st, gradually changing to showers”, and will decrease in intensity and frequency.

For Madeira, the IPMA also predicts precipitation between Friday and Sunday, light to moderate wind, and mild temperatures, with maximums of 20 to 22 degrees Celsius and minimums of 17 to 18 degrees.

In the Azores, however, there is a drop in temperatures, with the minimums around 8/9 degrees and the maximums reaching 14/15 degrees.