The first temperature records for Wednesday, May 18, with data above 35 degrees Celsius in different areas of the Peninsula, confirm the “extraordinary” character of this unusual heat in this month of springas warned by the Meteorology Statal Agency (AEMET), which advances that in the whole of Spain this could be “the most intense warm episode in May in the last 20 yearstaking into account both the maximums and the minimums”.
However, in Canary Islands The warm episode will not be so noticeable, where the winds from the north will cool the environment a bit. In the Archipelago the trade winds Temperatures will remain normal for this time of year.
The cloudy skies or with intervals in the north and clear ones in the rest of zones, will predominate this Thursday in Canary Islandsinforms the (Aemet).
In the sea there will be northeast 3 or 4 intensifying locally to 5 offshore on the northwest and southeast coasts. Swell increasing to swell offshore on northwest and southeast coasts. On the northeast coast, northeast 2 or 3 and marejadilla. On the west coast, variable 1 to 3, breezes, curly or swell. Northwest swell of 1 to 2 meters.
FORECAST BY ISLANDS FOR THIS THURSDAY:
LANZAROTE
Little cloudy or clear, with cloudy intervals in the north and west. Unchanged temperatures. Moderate north wind.
FORECAST MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES (°C):
Reef 18 26
FUERTEVENTURA
Little cloudy or clear, with some cloudy intervals in the west in the early and late hours. Temperatures without changes, except for some slight rise in the minimum. Moderate north wind.
FORECAST MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES (°C):
Puerto del Rosario 18 25
GRAND CANARY
In the cloudy north, opening some clearings in central hours. In the rest, a bit cloudy or clear. Temperatures without changes, except for slight increases in the minimum of the south. Moderate north wind, more intense in the extreme northwest and on the eastern slope where there could be occasional strong winds. Breezes on the south coast.
FORECAST MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES (°C):
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 19 24
TENERIFE
Cloudy in the north and northeast, opening some clear in central hours, and with some occasional light rain in the afternoon. In the rest slightly cloudy or clear, tending to cloudy inside in the afternoon. Temperatures with little change. Loose northeast wind tending to moderate north. In variable loose summits
FORECAST MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES (°C):
Santa Cruz de Tenerife 20 26
LA GOMERA
Cloudy in the north, opening some clear in central hours, and with some occasional light rain in the afternoon. In the rest little cloudy or clear, tending to cloudy in the afternoon. Temperatures with little change. Wind of weak to moderate north component.
FORECAST MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES (°C):
San Sebastian de La Gomera 20 25
THE PALM
Cloudy, with light rains in the north and interior. Minimum temperatures in slight rise and maximum in slight decline. Light to moderate north wind.
FORECAST MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES (°C):
Holy Cross of La Palma 19 24
THE IRON
Cloudy in the north, opening some clear in central hours, and with some occasional light rain, especially in the afternoon. In the rest, a bit cloudy or clear. Temperatures with little change. Light to moderate north wind.
FORECAST MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES (°C):
Valverde 16 21
