Tenerife Weather

[poker]

Just back from walking my fish .

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[Nova]

 

[Michael]

I think your weather is trying to make me feel at home only it's got it's dates wrong. 

Hands up who needs a pair of wellies next time i'm over. 

[Nova]

Ok, it's brightened up a little now.  Time to clean the pinny gigs 

[Guanche]

Thank God it's just stopped raining! We've had over 12 cm since last night. Well thats how much the garden pond has risen since last night, it's over flowing so a more accurate reading is impossible. The good news is that I've had to take the jeans off and go back to shorts. It may be over cast but it's very warm.

[Janet]

We seem to be approaching the end of this temporal now, with a yellow alert today for rain in Tenerife of up to 20mm an hour ending at midnight tonight. There is also a yellow alert for wind gusting to 80 km/h, but for tomorrow and Monday, there is a yellow alert only for wind at altitude, gusting to 70 km/h. The last several days' rain has helped the drought situation enormously, with the authorities saying that Wednesday morning's downpour alone put enough water in the reservoirs to last 3 months! It will have been a shame for those who came on holiday in this one week in particular: they can curse the most unlucky of timings. For us who needed the rain so badly, though, it has been a blessing, moreso because the storm passed largely without incident to person or property. JA

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Our total rainfall for the week is 104mm, bringing the total for the year to 127mm. 

The rain has cleaned the mountains and it is now very easy to see where the fires stopped on the mountains near us. 

It was lovely to see El Hierro, La Gomera and La Palma clearly this morning under a blue and sunny sky.  It was not so nice to try to go up the mountain with the dogs, as the road has largely been washed away. 

[Nova]

It's sunny and very warm here today, but the thick cap of cloud clinging to the peak of Teide suggests there might be some fresh crisp snow up there...

[Janet]

... the storm passed largely without incident to person or property. JA

Damn, I wish I hadn't said that!  A climber died around 11.30pm last night after being overcome by rising waters in the Barranco de Carrizales in the Anaga area in Buenavista del Norte. Three companions were slightly injured. Bomberos had to climb down the barranco using ropes to tie themselves together and say it was a difficult rescue given the weather conditions, the terrain, and the darkness, and indeed it wasn't until this morning when one of the group of four rang to say that the three survivors were getting out under their own steam that they were actually located. They report that their companion had been swept away. His body has now been recovered by the Guardia Civil's mountain rescue helicopter. JA

[Nova]

Oh no, that's sad...