Tenerife Weather

[poker]

OK - so what time of day is noon in, say, Ostende? 

Afternoon then . Or doesent it differ if you had a noon meal yet or not here in Spain .

( I yust ate in morning and evening )

[Janet]

Tomorrow, sustained winds now expected of 90 km/h, gusting to 100 km/h and to 130 km/h (over hurricane force) at altitude. Significant rainfall forecast for Guía de Isora, Adeje and Arona areas on Monday. JA

[NAH]

I hope the weather is getting better by Friday....even if only for a couple of weeks 

[Janet]

 The storm is now approaching the Canaries and is already being felt in La Palma, where a red alert for hurricane-force gusting winds has been put in place. In Tenerife, the Los Cristianos carnival has been suspended, and the Santa Cruz market and rastro closed, and the regional government is monitoring all systems until it is clear that the storm has passed. JA

[Janet]

La Palma recording gusts of 206 km/hora en el Roque de los Muchachos. That's way beyond hurricane strength. Gusts already up to 140 km/h in the Teide crater ... and the storm isn't even here yet ...

Boats are being winched out of Los Gigantes harbour. Boat owners were advised to remove them yesterday, though I've no idea where they're supposed to put them!

La Palma airport is now closed, and other airports are expected to follow suit: at present other airports are just reporting "cancelled flights".

edit:   The Canarian Government's Dirección General de Seguridad y Emergencias has just announced maximum alert, and emergency plan in operation.

[Nova]

Guess I'd better go and get my washing off the line...

[Nova]

The sea is very dark and rough......

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

Guess I'd better go and get my washing off the line...

Your washing is in Fuerteventura by now!   

It is seriously gruesome where we are.  Only .9mm of rain so far but the mist is here.  The winds are not too high yet in the west at 600m altitude. 

We've checked supplies of food and water, battened down the hatches, charged the mobiles, and whatever else we can think of.  Just waiting for it to hit.

[Janet]

 Tenerife now has a red alert for winds gusting to 130km/h at altitude through the rest of today and tomorrow. Gusts of 124 km/h have already been registered near the observatory. JA

[Guanche]

A bright sunny day here in Arafo. The wind is gusting but the wife has washing on the maiden in the garden and it's not blown over.........yet!
The Police did close the market in Santa Cruz this morning. The gusting wind was a tad stronger down there and with all the plastic sheeting an stalls it was a bit dangerous. But it was warm and bright no rain.