Tenerife Weather

[Janet]

The detail is becoming clearer now that the storm is almost upon us, and the above Eumetsat image shows what's approaching from the west. As expected, Aemet has activated an orange alert for winds gusting at altitude to 100 km/h, to 75 km/h elsewhere. High winds are expected from around 4am tonight/tomorrow morning and should last throughout tomorrow and Wednesday – which is as far as the immediate forecast goes at present. For rain, there is a yellow alert of up to 60 mm over a 12 hour period, but the forecast could see this increase to 100mm, at which point it is likely that the alert will be raised to orange. At present, the alert for rain is from around 9pm tomorrow evening until midday on Wednesday. JA

[Janet]

The Canarian Government has now issued an emergency alert for the weather front coming our way. The alert starts at midnight, and has not been given an end date. Its issue allows the Government to mobilize whatever human and material resources are needed for the protection of the public and property at risk from adverse weather conditions. (If anyone is interested in the Parliamentary decree that governs these alerts, the detail is HERE).



JA

[El Profesor]

Yes,
it says that the Emergency Services .... based on a prediction by Aemet ..... declare an alert situation because of ....

RAIN

[Janet]

but in really bad rain, people die, as they have on occasions past ... and if they did nothing to prepare, we'd all jump up and down .....

The alert is a legal mechanism (I'm sure you know this anyway) to allow them to co-ordinate resources, and it has to be put in place in advance otherwise it's too late if it's needed.

[El Profesor]

Yes indeed, and this could well be really bad rain.
But what annoys me is that they do nothing at all the rest of the time, so when we get the really bad rain houses they built in the wrong place get damaged, the drainage system can't handle it etc. They don't spend on the infrastructure.

But I do admit that their alert system is well staffed and chomping at the bits.

PS love your new charts.

[Janet]

As expected, the Aemet alert has been raised to Orange for tomorrow Wednesday. Rain of up to 30mm per hour is forecast, and some meteorologists are anticipating the warning could yet rise to red alert. The reason is clear from the second image below: the red (up to 100mm) is directly over the entire west coast of Tenerife, and the black dot (up to 300mm) is actually right over my house by the look of it!

[El Profesor]

......... anticipating the warning could yet rise to red alert. ........

Of course it will .... then they will have to leave it there unless they start with double reds.
What to do when the wolf actually turns up?

They'll be closing all the schools too ...... just in case.

Stock up with provisions everybody .... the roads get washed away tonight .... and that hasn't happened for a few years.

We will all be washed into the sea if we don't hang on tight.

What fun! it's going to rain

Actually I think it's going to be raining until at least Monday.

[Janet]

I hope no-one actually dies like happened before .....

[El Profesor]

I hope no-one actually dies like happened before .....

That goes without saying.

Typical of the press to focus so much on the 16 deaths in the US  ......   the 43 people in the Caribbean are hardly mentioned.

But this isn't Sandy .... the roads used to get washed away here every time it rained, they seem to be building them better these days, but I bet a few get blocked with rocks and mud. I think it'll be worst in the north of the island.

[Janet]

I rather meant those who died in Tenerife some years ago ... a dozen or so in Santa Cruz, from memory.