The highs were, however, somewhat lower than the previous day –41.8 degrees compared to 44.9 degrees on Thursday–, since the continental hot air mass was already retreating. On this last day of high temperatures, the municipality of La Aldea de St nicolas, in Gran Canaria. And it is that this point was not only the warmest in the entire Canary Islands (and Spain), but also recorded abnormal temperatures during the early morning.
According to Aemet data, throughout the night the temperatures in The Village of San Nicolásspecifically in appraise youwere above the 39 degrees. This is due to the phenomenon of “barajadas” or slope wind, which raised the temperature at that point of “unusual” way. It was not until 9:00 in the morning when the thermometers marked 29 degrees.
These values are even above what is known as “hellish night”, which is conceived in those places where night temperatures do not drop below 30 degrees. In addition, for the second consecutive morning, almost all the weather stations in the Canary Islands -except the one in Izaña (Tenerife) and aunts (Lanzarote) – recorded a tropical night. In other words, hardly any thermometers dropped below 20 degrees overnight.
Almost the entire Archipelago, for the second consecutive morning, a tropical night
The intense heat also made it difficult for several hours to mitigate an outbreak of fire in Los Realejos, in the Barranco Los Dornajos. The agility of the firefighting resources allowed us to manage the fire, which was already under control around noon. The fire affected approximately 5.4 hectares. Despite the end, in principle, of this episode of high temperatures, the Government of the Canary Islands maintains the maximum alert for forest fires, which also means that the restrictions to ascend to the summits, camping or fires in recreational areas are prohibited until the contrary is stated.
Strong wind
For today’s day, the temperatures will continue to soften, although the south of Gran Canaria, being the most affected by this high temperature episode, it will maintain a yellow warning for heat. However, from now on another adverse weather phenomenon will begin to take center stage: strong winds.
For today, various warnings for strong winds had been activated by Aemet, which is why the wind alert was activated in La Gomera and the alert for coastal phenomena in The ironLa Gomera, the southeast of Tenerife and the Anaga channel and Agaete. Maximum wind gusts of up to 100 kilometers per hour were recorded in San Bartolome from Tirajana, 99 kilometers per hour in La Aldea de San Nicolás and 96 kilometers per hour at Tenerife Sur airport.
This situation, due to a trade wind that, after several days relegated to the coasts, has gained strength, can still today generate gusts of up to 80 kilometers per hour in some points and force 7 coastal phenomena, which means that the wind will travel at 50 and 61 kilometers per hour, especially in the southwest of the Islands.
In some points you could even reach strength 8, for north wind that It will blow between 62 and 74 kilometers per hour. The west of La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera, the south of Tenerife and the south, west and east of Gran Canaria are under warning due to coastal phenomena.
The wind will remain present until Sunday, but the General Directorate of Security and Emergencies decided to end the alert for winds in La Gomera because its incidence will no longer be so high on the Colombian island.
And although the trade winds will help normalize temperatures this weekend, this situation will not last long. The Aemet already foresees a new rise on Thursday. The arrival of a new mass of warm air from North Africa will leave next week a “marked thermal rise” with thermometers again at very high values, between 5 and 10 degrees above normal for the time of year in large areas. of the country, said Rubén Del Campo, Aemet spokesman.
