Weather in Albufeira today

Update 1215pm- 15 minutes of intense rain, stopped now, has produced localised flooding, including our back pathway resulting in some water coming in to all three apartments. Luckily no damage but another 5  minutes of that rain and there would have been. That water is about 6cm deep, just before it overflowed the door sill. Some bailing out was needed. I knew that dustpan would come in useful for something!

Water gone now, waitingfor it to dry before attacking with cleaning mops. Flood water isn't clean and is very smelly. One eye on the sky though, there is a nasty looking cloud out on the horizon.

Update 1045am - absolutely chucking it down with occasional flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder.

Skies are grey, we have had some showers and rumbles of thunder during the early hours. Temperature at 0715am is 12.8º, wind is light from the east. The radar shows a large area of stormy weather over to the east, which does look like it will miss this area. We are though almost certain to get showers right through the day and into the evening. Some could be heavy. Maximum temperarure 17or 18º. It could also be raining all day tomorrow, on and off, then more rain into Friday night and Saturday morning.

I was in the old town last night. Many places are closed anyway for the winter but for those open it was business as usual. Damage is slight, compared with the events of a few years ago. If the council unblocked the drains and ditches on the higher ground, it would help. The new storm drain under construction is designed for this type of event.

The official weather station recorded 4.1mm of rain during the event. In Olhão there was nearly three times that amount. Sagres was the wettest place in Portugal yesterday, with 23.2mm (nearly an inch) of rain recorded over a two hour period.

As for today, there is an orange alert for possible heavy rain across the region. It's not raining here at the moment, but the radar shows stormy weather coming our way from the south where the sky is very grey. Temperature at 0820am is 16.4º, wind is light. It will be a lot windier later. The rain could continue through the night and into Saturday morning. It should be more pleasant after that.

A warm morning but cloudy. Temperataure at 0845am is 16.9º, wind is light. It will be cloudy alll day, but if the sun breaks through we could have 21 or 22º this afternoon. There is a small chance of a shower or two. It will be warm again tonight, no lower than 15º. Monday and Tuesday will be slightly cooler, with very little wind but with a higher possibility of some rain. The rest of the week should be fairly nice.

In terms of recent rain, Albufeira got off very lightly. The town of Olhão, east of Faro, recorded a total of 91.3mm (about 3.5 inches) of rain on Friday and Saturday. Roads were flooded and a landslide blocked the railway in the area. That has now been cleared.