Tenerife Weather

[Janet]

Adeje has announced that it is deactivating Cecopal (the Centro de Coordinación Operativa de Emergencias - municipal emergency coordination centre), and that normal municipal activity will resume from tomorrow, including in the school of music and dance, people's University, sports, municipal nursery, day and disability centres, etc. The council confirmed that the Christmas market planned in its Christmas programme for tomorrow in the Plaza Cesar Manrique, and the inauguration of the Belén de Los Olivos, etc. will take place as scheduled. The La Caleta Residents Association event remains suspended, however: it has been postponed to next Thursday, 19 December.

[Janet]

The current "record" for rain is 166 liltres per square metre in Los Silos which the municipality's mayor says has turned some roads in the area into barrancos. Mayor Martín says that Los Silos' old people say they have never known it rain so heavily for so long.

San Miguel has beaten it with 168 litres per square metre in 24 hours.

Measurements also over 100 around the island:

Los Silos, 166,6
Arona, 158
Taucho, 149
Garachico, 126
Adeje, 122,8
Arico, 122,8
Candelaria, 122,4
Anaga 108,5

[Marion]

Poor Matt. It's poured since he arrived last Friday. He's not happy at all!

[El Profesor]

Surely we are due an alert for the wind?

[Janet]

yellow alert has been issued for winds ... 

edit:
IES Guaza and CEIP La Cumbrita in Guía de Isora will reopen this Monday, 16 December. Teide access roads remain closed. President Alonso says that Teide access will be opened tomorrow between 9am and 5pm only. For the time being, and while risks remain and carriageway repair works continue, access will be exclusively by via Vilaflor and Chio, though for access to the north motorists will be able to drive down via La Orotava. The La Esperanza route remains closed. The TF21 (Humbolt) is now open.

edit 2: To clarify those roads for access to Teide: the Chio and Vilaflor roads will be two-way to the Teleférico. Once past that, the road is one-way only - down to La Orotava.

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

We have just watched the most marvellous sunset.  There are many clouds about, travelling quickly, and for the first time in my life I saw blue clouds.  Real blue, not grey. 

[Perikles]

, and for the first time in my life I saw blue clouds. 

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

No, seriously!  My post was at 6.20 pm!  First glass of wine.  The clouds were absolutely gorgeous.  And they were blue. 

[Janet]

choice of threads was amazing ... admin chaos in arona, what's wrong with politics in spain ... ... but here it is. Some joker has put the following on twitter with this comment:

Estos golfos son los causantes de la desgracia que cada año ocurre en ese municipio (these good-for-nothings are the cause of this now annual disastrous situation in Arona ... ).

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It's the Guaza roundabout and associated tunnels under the TF1, of course. They flood every time there's heavy rain ... and the heavier the rain, the worse the flood. The roundabout's opening was a great photo opportunity for the politicos to show how marvellous they were ... just a shame they didn't do the work properly! This time, an adult and baby had to be rescued by guardia civil and bomberos from a vehicle in one of the tunnels after finding themselves suddenly in 2m or so of water. Note ex-mayor and now completely banned from politics Reverón, second from left ... he's saying "why do I feel this water's up round my neck ... " ... 

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[Janet]

The Teide access roads through Vilaflor, Chio and La Orotava are now all open to two-way traffic. The TF24 La Esperanza road remains closed.