IPMA's red warnings for Lisbon on Wednesday: rain 09:00 to 18:00 (moved three hours earlier at 21:23 on Tuesday), wind 12:00 to 21:00. The government's alert situation covers all of mainland Portugal on Wednesday: schools and non-essential public services closed, outdoor events suspended.
Changed in the last hour of reads (13; last read 00:00 UTC)
The times IPMA sent each warning are read from IPMA's messages on MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET). Time delays between this website and the www.meteoalarm.org website are possible. For the most up-to-date awareness information as published by the participating National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, please refer to www.meteoalarm.org. Our copy is a dated record, read about every 5 to 30 minutes (last read 00:00 UTC 11 Nov), not a live feed.
Wednesday 11 November, hour by hour
Lisbon time (UTC in November). Warnings first; then forecasts; then what was observed; our analysis last and labelled.
IPMA warns red rain 09:00 to 18:00 and red wind 12:00 to 21:00 for the Lisbon district IPMA, read . The airport last reported 20 km/h mean wind, no gust, at 23:30 METAR LPPT, read . 12 decisions are drawn in force on the day, the latest by CP, Tue 23:10 source, read .
orange Rainyellow Sea state
Airport forecast, km/h: up to 28
orange Rain
Airport forecast, km/h: up to 50
red Rain
Airport forecast, km/h: up to 50, at times 83, 30% chance of 107
red Rainred Windorange Sea state
Airport forecast, km/h: up to 50, at times 83, 30% chance of 107
red Windorange Sea state
Airport forecast, km/h: up to 50
yellow Sea state
Airport forecast, km/h: up to 22
Warnings: IPMA warnings, read . Airport forecast (strongest wind or gust in each stretch; a point forecast, not a warning): TAF LPPT 23:00, read . The full strip is below: scroll it sideways.
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Warned
IPMA's warnings for the Lisbon district: facts. IPMA warnings, read
Sea stateAgitação Marítima
yellow 21:24 to 06:00
orange 12:00 to 21:00
yellow 21:00 to 03:00
RainPrecipitação
orange 00:00 to 09:00
red 09:00 to 18:00
WindVento
red 12:00 to 21:00
Decided
Decisions in force on the day, on the same hours: who decided, what, from when to when, in the sources' own hours. Solid: a fact, read on the decider's own channel. Outlined: evidence, reported by others. Dotted, across the day: the source names the day but no hours. Under each name: the label and when it was decided. Each bar links to its source. The decision graph, updated 23:55 UTC 10 Nov
TAF for Lisbon airport (LPPT), issued 23:00 UTC 10 Nov: a point forecast for pilots, never instead of IPMA's warning. Mean wind and gusts (G) in km/h. TAF LPPT, read
Prevailingbase and becoming
28 km/h
by 09:00: 31 G50 km/h
by 20:00: 22 km/h
At timesTEMPO
RA BR
56 G83 km/h · +RA BR
30% chancePROB30 TEMPO
80 G107 km/h · +TSRA
City model
City model, mean wind. Why these numbers sit far below the warning's: this is a model's value for one point in the city, the wind averaged over minutes; mean wind only, this feed has no gusts. The warning is IPMA's forecasters on gusts, the brief peaks: up to 120 km/h across the district, 140 in its most exposed places. Two measures, not two opinions (our explanation). IPMA's hourly model forecast for Lisbon, stamped 07:55 Tue; IPMA has changed its values since without changing the stamp (read 00:00). IPMA hourly forecast, read
Mean windcity model · km/h, from
18SW
18S
15S
18SW
12S
11S
14S
16S
11S
13SE
17S
17SE
18SE
19SE
21SE
14SE
13SE
19SE
17N
21NW
23NW
19NW
17W
17W
Raincity model · IPMA intensity class
2100%
2
2
2100%
2
2
3100%
2
2
3100%
3
3
3100%
3
3
3100%
1
1
190%
1
1
Observed
Lisbon airport's reports (METAR), the strongest in each hour: gust (G) if one was reported, else mean wind, km/h. None yet for Wednesday 11 November. METAR LPPT, read
Airportkm/h
The same as a table, each row with its source
Lane
What
From
To
Source, time read
IPMA warning: Sea state
yellow. Ondas do quadrante oeste com 4 a 5 metros.
fact. Alert situation for all of mainland Portugal, 11 Nov 00:00 to 23:59: (a) schools and non-essential public services close; (b) outdoor events suspended, whatever their nature; (c) no access to high-risk parks; (d) temporary structures secured; (e) no access to shoreline and flood areas; activates coordination centres and civil-protection commissions (00:00 to 23:59: "entre as 00h00 e as 23h59 de 11 de novembro" (the declaration))
evidence. All national coach services suspended Wednesday 10:00 to 23:59 (10:00 to 23:59: "entre as 10h00 e as 23h59" (Jornal de Negócios 12:39; Jornal Económico 17:47))
evidence. Ferries start at 05:00 as usual on Wednesday; reassessed from 12:00 (the latter from a search summary) (from 05:00, end not stated: Jornal Económico: "a operação terá início às 05h00, como habitual"; the reassessment from 12:00 is from a search summary of TSF (not opened); end not stated)
evidence. All Lisbon road tunnels closed from midnight; parks, gardens and cultural facilities too (the mayor, after meeting civil protection) (from 00:00, end not stated: "a partir da meia-noite" (the mayor, Jornal de Negócios 13:16); end not stated. The same entry adds parks, gardens and cultural facilities closed from midnight.)
evidence. CP suppresses four trains crossing the 25 de Abril bridge in the most critical window (12:00 to 15:00 forecast: heavy rain, strong wind) (12:00 to 15:00: CP: trains in "o intervalo horário identificado como mais crítico", forecast "entre as 12:00 e as 15:00"; the article also says "entre o período da manhã e início da tarde")
fact. Carris to run, buses followed "minute by minute" from the operations centre (mayor); carris.pt banner "Alerta: perturbações na circulação" (hours not stated: hours not stated; Jornal Económico: "ao longo do dia")
fact. Day 2 (Wednesday 11 Nov) will not take place: "Web Summit will of course respect the Government's direction, and accordingly, Day 2 (Wednesday, November 11th) will not take place." Reasons given: tidal flooding, severe disruption to public transport, high winds on external structures; after discussions with the government, ANEPC and PSP. (hours not stated: hours not stated; the source names the day: "Day 2 (Wednesday, November 11th)")
evidence. 25 de Abril and Vasco da Gama bridges limited to 60 km/h (hours not stated: hours not stated: "encontra-se reduzida" (in force from the announcement, 14:48 Tuesday); end not stated)
evidence. ANA: operations at Lisbon, Faro and Madeira airports conditioned on 11 Nov; cancellations expected (hours not stated: hours not stated; the source names the day, 11 November)
evidence. FlixBus suspends all national links in Portugal on Wednesday 11 Nov (hours not stated: hours not stated: "começa de madrugada e prolonga-se até ao final do dia")
The TAF as issued: TAF LPPT 102300Z 1100/1206 21015KT 9999 SCT008 BKN015 TEMPO 1100/1109 4000 RA BR SCT004 BKN008 FEW018CB BECMG 1107/1109 16017G27KT TEMPO 1109/1116 16030G45KT 2000 +RA BR SCT002 BKN004 FEW016CB PROB30 TEMPO 1110/1118 18043G58KT 1200 +TSRA SCT015CB BECMG 1118/1120 26012KT BKN020
Codes: RA rain, +RA heavy rain, TSRA thunderstorm with rain, SHRA showers, BR mist; G gust; TEMPO at times; BECMG becoming.
Wind: warned, forecast, observed
One axis, km/h; Lisbon time. Three different measures, shown together and never as one: IPMA's warning is for the district's gusts, most of all in exposed places; the TAF and the observations are for one point, the airport.
hypothesisanalysis (incident.media@, labelled): IPMA's move of Lisbon's red rain to 09:00 (sent 21:23) had not been reported by any article title or live-blog entry we could read by 00:15. Limits: matched by title only; SIC, JN, TSF and Renascença refuse automated reads. Who was first on the other facts: red wind (IPMA 07:18): DN live 08:05; Day 2 off (19:09): ECO and TEK 19:41research/media/first-on-each-fact.json, ranking.md (f487bfb)
hypothesisanalysis (incident.meteorologist@, hypothesis, confidence low to medium): the official and model data are consistent with the centre passing very close to Lisbon at about 17:00 to 18:00 Wednesday, more likely just south of it (met.no's pressure minimum 986.7 hPa at 17:00 to 18:00 and a 160° wind swing in an hour; the guidance has moved). Against: IPMA's red wind unchanged, its track text already includes Lisbon, no communiqué no. 3, point models move. It does not lower the danger: the worst moves toward the passage, about 16:00 to 19:00, and a lull near the centre is not the end. Wednesday tests it: wind backing east then north and pressure near 987 hPa means it passed southdata/weather/analysis.md section 7 (d6e8aace1)
hypothesisanalysis (incident.media@, labelled): the press on Day 2 after Web Summit's 19:09 page: ECO and TEK 19:41 (32 min later), DN 19:49, Lusa via Notícias ao Minuto 20:01, Observador 20:08, Euronews 20:29, Expresso 20:39; Web Summit's Bluesky still silent on Day 2 at 23:51; 87 of 212 press items read carry Lusa's by-line, across 6 outlets. Limits: six outlets refuse automated reads and are absent, not silentresearch/media/coverage.json, ranking.md (incident.media@, 96ff00c)
hypothesisanalysis (incident.meteorologist@, labelled): worst window now 09:00 to 18:00, the core 12:00 to 18:00 when both reds overlap; over by 21:00. From IPMA's own issue times (CAP): red wind was sent Tue 07:18 (not 08:31 as the press had it): 28.7 h ahead; red rain 19.5 h; the move to 09:00, 11.6 hdata/weather/analysis.md section 6
evidenceNo post on Web Summit's blog after "Important event update" (19:09); nothing new on public Mastodon since 21:45websummit.com/blog
factIPMA moved Lisbon's red rain warning three hours earlier: Wednesday 09:00 to 18:00 (was 12:00 to 18:00; supersedes s-1110T1742); orange rain now 00:00 to 09:00; red wind unchanged (12:00 to 21:00). IPMA sent the change at 21:23 (its CAP message); its open-data feed showed it only from the 23:51 readIPMA warnings open data
evidenceLisbon airport: ANA expects flight cancellations on Wednesday ("Operations at Lisbon, Faro and Madeira airports will be affected")Madeira Island News
evidence(unofficial, unverified) a public weather page on Facebook shows the storm's track further south than first forecast, toward Lisbon and just south of it; the image is undated and the page is not IPMA. To compare with IPMA's next communiqué; IPMA's own text keeps "entre Sines e o Cabo Carvoeiro" with high uncertaintywatcher@web-summit.jose, at Jose's word (SGit-AI__Website__Web-Summit 6745608, people/jose/watcher/signals/2026-11-10-storm-track.md); not opened by us
hypothesisanalysis (incident.meteorologist@, labelled): the TAF's peak (09:00 to 16:00) and IPMA's model peak (19:00 to 20:00) disagree, so the peak is widened back to 12:00 to 18:00; end 21:00; Thursday morning behind the storm, medium confidence; a weaker airport forecast is not a downgrade of IPMA's warningdata/weather/analysis.md section 5
factThe first airport TAF covering Thursday (issued 23:00) is weaker than 17:00's: Wed 09:00 to 16:00 at times 30 kt gusting 45 (83 km/h); 30% chance (was 40%) of 58 kt thunderstorm gusts 10:00 to 18:00; west 12 kt from 18:00 to 20:00; Thursday 00:00 to 06:00 west 12 kt, no gusts. IPMA's red warnings unchangedLPPT TAF (IPMA, via NOAA's Aviation Weather), data/weather/airport.json (incident.meteorologist@, a63ac9696)
factNo further statement from Web Summit (social.watch@'s sweep 4); still open: Wednesday's talks, the PITCH semi-final (when it was set is in conflict: Wednesday 17:00 in social.watch@'s summary, unsourced there; Thursday in Tech Times' preview of 9 Nov), side events (Web Summit's own Night Summit still listed for Wednesday 18:00 to 00:00, no notice, 22:05), ticketssocial.watch@PrompTugal.dinis, sweep 4 (21:51 to 21:53); incident.researcher@ (22:05)
evidencea speaker says in public that Day 2 is cancelled and his talks and press conference stay on Thursday (the first sign that Thursday's programme holds for some speakers)Jon S. von Tetzchner on Mastodon
factWeb Summit's blog listing shows the update post modified 20:06; its text unchanged on Day 2 and Day 3 ("aims to proceed")websummit.com, incident.dev@'s 2-min watch (data/watch/websummit.json)
hypothesisanalysis (incident.meteorologist@, labelled): IPMA's hourly model changed its values (same 07:55 stamp): Wednesday's strongest mean wind now 23 km/h at 20:00 (was 49 at 18:00); the swing to north 18:00; peak most likely 17:00 to 20:00 (was 15:00 to 19:00); worst window 12:00 to 18:00 and end 21:00 unchanged; IPMA's red warnings unchanged and outrank one modeldata/weather/analysis.md section 4 (1b936db20)
Where: Wednesday 11 November, district by district
Red wind in 9: Beja, Faro, Setúbal, Lisboa, Leiria, Portalegre, Santarém, Madeira, mountains, Évora. Red rain in 11: Beja, Faro, Setúbal, Lisboa, Leiria, Portalegre, Santarém, Madeira, mountains, Castelo Branco, Madeira, north coast, Madeira, south coast. Every district IPMA has under red or orange on the day (yellow is not shown here); most red hours first. In each row, top to bottom: wind, rain, sea. IPMA warnings, read . Names from IPMA's list of districts and islands, IPMA's area code beside each; MCN and MRM are not in that list and are named by us.
Viana do Castelo VCTorange Rain 03:00 to 21:00
Braga BRGorange Rain 03:00 to 21:00
Vila Real VRLorange Rain 03:00 to 21:00
Bragança BGCorange Rain 03:00 to 21:00
Porto PTOorange Rain 03:00 to 21:00
Viseu VISorange Rain 03:00 to 21:00
Guarda GDAorange Wind 12:00 to 21:00orange Rain 03:00 to 21:00
Aveiro AVRorange Rain 03:00 to 21:00
Coimbra CBRorange Wind 12:00 to 21:00orange Rain 03:00 to 21:00
Castelo Branco CBOorange Wind 12:00 to 21:00red Rain 12:00 to 18:00
Leiria LRAred Wind 12:00 to 21:00red Rain 12:00 to 18:00
Santarém STMred Wind 12:00 to 21:00red Rain 12:00 to 18:00
Portalegre PTGred Wind 12:00 to 21:00red Rain 12:00 to 18:00
Lisboa LSBred Wind 12:00 to 21:00red Rain 09:00 to 18:00orange Sea 12:00 to 21:00
Évora EVRred Wind 12:00 to 21:00orange Rain 03:00 to 18:00
Setúbal STBred Wind 09:00 to 21:00red Rain 09:00 to 18:00orange Sea 12:00 to 21:00
Beja BJAred Wind 09:00 to 21:00red Rain 09:00 to 18:00orange Sea 12:00 to 21:00
Faro FARred Wind 09:00 to 21:00red Rain 09:00 to 18:00orange Sea 12:00 to 21:00
Madeira
Madeira, north coast MCNorange Wind Tue 21:00 to Wed 12:00red Rain Tue 21:00 to Wed 06:00
Madeira, mountains MRMred Wind 00:00 to 06:00red Rain Tue 21:00 to Wed 06:00
Madeira, south coast MCSorange Wind Tue 21:00 to Wed 12:00red Rain Tue 21:00 to Wed 06:00
Porto Santo MPSorange Wind Tue 21:00 to Wed 12:00orange Rain Tue 21:00 to Wed 09:00
A labelled grid, not a map: roughly north at the top and the coast at the left; no borders, no distances. Each cell: the highest red or orange warning of each type on the day and its hours (yellow is not in this feed). IPMA warnings, read