The General Directorate of Security and Emergencies has updated the situation from maximum alert to alert situation due to risk of forest fires in The iron, La Gomera, The Palm (except the area affected by the Puntagorda fire in an emergency situation), Tenerife and Gran Canaria (from elevation 400 above sea level).
As reported by the Government of the Canary Islandsthis modification is in force from 8:00 a.m. this Sunday.
This decision is made taking into account the information available and in application ofl Special Civil Protection Plan and Emergency Care for Forest Fires of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands (INFOCA).
favorable weather forecast
This way, It is expected that temperatures will continue to drop over the next few hours in the midlands and peaks. The relative humidity will remain around 70% in interior levels to the base of the inversion, above this level the environment will be dry, with relative humidity values lower than 30% and maximum temperatures slightly higher. Finally, the wind will be from the northeast component with strong intervals and occasional very strong gusts on southeast and northwest slopes in the early hours of Sunday.
