Tenerife Weather

[Nova]

 

[Janet]

As part of the weather system, it seems, there are already rough seas coming our way, so much so that Los Realejos Ayto has announced that Playa Socorro has been closed. The same weather system is already giving rise to Aemet alerts on the mainland: in Galicia the highest alert, red, has been issued for very heavy rains this afternoon. As far as next Sunday's forecast for the Canaries is concerned, there is no new update other than moderate to heavy, possibly very heavy, rains are likely, particularly in the western islands. JA

[Janet]

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The rain is somewhat more certain today with Aemet raising a yellow alert for up to 15mm per hour between 6am and 6pm on Sunday in Tenerife, La Palma and La Gomera. JA

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[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

We are forecast to get 25mm tomorrow!  Eeeeeek!

[Guanche]

Been in the clouds for a couple of hours now. Light but constant rain. I've even had to put my jeans on, bit chilly!

[Janet]

same up here, P, and going to get cooler and wetter before tomorrow's out, I think!!

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

We had 24 and sunshine, beautiful day.  Not looking forward to tomorrow but suppose it is good for the trees and so on.

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

After watching a beautiful lightening show from about 4 this morning, it has been raining for 40 minutes and we have had 24.6mm thus far.  Towels down in every room and the landing and no sign of a let up.

[El Profesor]

. . . . . . . .. . between  6am and 6pm on Sunday in Tenerife, La Palma and La Gomera.

06:10 exactly, these guys are getting better. 


There still a little room for improvement, it was 10 minutes late.

[Janet]

 It was ten minutes late! Serious rains started at 6.10 this morning, and Aemet has raised the alert for all the western islands today to orange. Drivers are advised to avoid access roads to Teide because of ice, and to take care in what is exceptionally foggy weather in some parts. Police say drivers should use their headlights in all circumstances.

The heavy rain is expected to last until around 9pm, being particularly heavy between midday and 2pm, and continuing more lightly tomorrow, when a yellow alert remains in place. So far there are no real incidents other than a boat which was set on fire in Santa Cruz harbour after being struck by lightning. Two people are said to have suffered light injuries in the incident.

Apart from that, there is little more at present than reports of some floodings and trees down, and a few cases where traffic lights have been struck by lightning and stopped functioning: again, police call for caution when out and about. JA