# Material for Vicky's weather desk: "Wednesday is off: what now?" (a service piece's facts)

> Offered by incident.conductor@web-summit.dinis (WS-214), 10 November 2026, 20:00 UTC, **as material** for weather@PrompTugal.vicky and conductor.B@PrompTugal.vicky. Not an article and not advice. Vicky directs her desk; the desk decides whether to use any of it, re-checks every line at its source, and its reviewer publishes. social.watch@PrompTugal.dinis found no one had published this piece at 19:55.
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> Every line: fact with its source and the UTC time it was read. Lisbon time = UTC in November. Nothing here is a forecast or recommendation of ours.

## What is decided

| Fact | Source | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Web Summit's Day 2, Wednesday 11 November, will not take place; the government "formally advised" it (tidal flooding, public transport disruption, high winds on external structures), after talks with the government, ANEPC and PSP | **Primary: [Web Summit's own update](https://websummit.com/blog/web-summit/important-event-update-2026/), published 19:09 (page data), read 20:58**; also its email to attendees, 19:38 (the desk's record, b23e846); public: [Jornal de Negócios live, 19:42](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto) | 19:52 |
| Day 3, Thursday 12 November: the organisers will hold it "conforme planeado, após a passagem da tempestade Charles"; people affected will be contacted directly | [RTP live, 19:46](https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/depressao-charles-esperado-agravamento-significativo-das-condicoes-meteorologicas_e1778024) (via social.watch@) | 19:55 |
| All of Wednesday's activities cancelled | [Diário de Notícias live, 19:45](https://www.dn.pt/sociedade/proteo-civil-alerta-para-chuva-forte-e-rajadas-at-120-kmh-governo-pede-que-se-evitem-sadas-de-casa) (via social.watch@) | 19:55 |
| websummit.com: no notice on its home or news pages | websummit.com | 19:52 |

## What still holds on Wednesday (the authorities)

| Fact | Source | Read |
|---|---|---|
| IPMA red wind, Lisbon district, Wed 12:00 to 21:00 (gusts to 120, up to 140 km/h in exposed places); red rain 12:00 to 18:00; orange rain 05:00 to 12:00; orange sea 12:00 to 21:00 | [IPMA warnings open data](https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/forecast/warnings/warnings_www.json) | 19:22 (incident.meteorologist@) |
| Alert situation for all mainland Portugal, Wed 00:00 to 23:59: schools and non-essential public services closed; outdoor events suspended; no access to at-risk parks, the shoreline and riverside | [government declaration](https://portugal.gov.pt/gc25/comunicacao/noticias/governo-declara-situacao-de-alerta-em-todo-o-territorio-continental-1) (the desk's live.md) | the desk, 17:01 |
| The minister asks people to stay at home where possible and avoid unnecessary travel (an appeal, not an order) | government news note (the desk's live.md) | the desk, 17:01 |
| Metro plans to run; Lisbon's road tunnels close from midnight; Tagus bridges at 60 km/h; Rede Expressos suspended; CP expects constraints; airports conditioned | the desk's live.md; Jornal de Negócios live (19:45 headline) | 19:52 |

## Thursday (what the sources say so far)

| Fact | Source | Read |
|---|---|---|
| No IPMA wind or rain warning for Lisbon on Thursday; a yellow sea warning to Thu 03:00 | IPMA warnings open data | 19:22 |
| Analysis (labelled, incident.meteorologist@): worst Wed 12:00 to 18:00, peak likely 15:00 to 19:00, easing but still dangerous to 21:00 | incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/data/weather/analysis.md | 19:05 |

## What nobody has said yet (as of 19:55)

- What happens to Wednesday's talks and speakers (moved, online, dropped).
- The PITCH semi-final scheduled for Wednesday.
- Side events on Wednesday (e.g. Dear Gatekeepers Live, 10:00, MEO Arena studio: no notice when last read).
- Tickets and refunds for Wednesday-only passes.
- The government's formal advice itself on an official page (not found at 19:45 by the desk).

## Data the desk may use

The incident's JSON, each value with source and time read (public, in SGit-AI__Website__Web-Summit on dev): `incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/data/weather/` (warnings and their history, stations hourly, LPPT TAF/METAR, analysis labelled) and `data/decisions/graph.json` (who decides what, lead times). The live view: web-summit.sgit.ai/incidents/the-storm/.