Tenerife Weather

[Janet]

yes 

[Janet]

And tonight, with humidity plummeting close to single figures, and a hot wind blowing strongly, the La Palma fire is blazing beyond any hope of control, and spreading. Emergency services say that they are evacuating around 1800 residents of the El Charco, Las Indias, Los Canarios and the sadly appropriately named Los Quemados areas tonight. And with 2,500 displaced people and the fire raging amidst temperatures approaching 40º, what the firefighting crews are facing tonight is unimaginable.

[Perikles]

Howling easterly gale with air temperature 35º and (I guess) very low humidity. Unbelievable 

[Michael]

25deg. No wind. Just sayin'. 

[Malteser Monkey]

I hope our friends Belinda and Cainaries are ok ??  from the other side

[Anne 2009]

Anymore news on the fires @Janet ? 

[Kingbaker]

I hope our friends Belinda and Cainaries are ok ??  from the other side

Yep.........fingers and everything else crossed !!]   

[Janet]

@Anne 2009 latest this morning, all I have so far which I've put on my site:

Ground crews were in operation through the night of course, but at first light airbone firefighting teams rejoined the efforts to put out the La Palma fire, which continues to blaze out of control. There are now eight helicopters and three sea planes involved, the two from the southern mainland having arrived to join the plane stationed in the Canaries during the summer. The La Palma Cabildo has announced that the entire network of walking routes throughout the island is closed to the public, as are recreational areas; some roads, too, have been closed to traffic, and a range of planned social and cultural activities has been postponed.

Here in Tenerife, the Cabildo is doing everything it can to avoid a repeat the devastating fires of 2007 and 2012. The public has been asked to avoid mountain areas in general, and any activities that represent a fire risk have been banned, including camping.

[Janet]

and I've just updated again with this:

You don't often see this. The whole of the Canaries on Aemet orange alert for high temperatures. In Tenerife, up to 37º is forecast, but at 1km altitude in the west it was at 38º by 9am this morning, and with a howling hot sandy gale. The orange alert is in place for today and tomorrow. Sunday looks as though conditions will start to improve, but it won't start to feel cooler for a little while yet.

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[Anne 2009]

Your certainly getting it all thrown at you over there. I hope to god they can get some control over the fires soon before there are anymore fatalities or casualties. But if there's winds then that will make the job even harder. It's bloody scary.