On Tuesday, the announced drop in temperatures in the slopes began to be noticed. north of the islands, according to the forecast of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
The announced and expected rains starting at noon, they have made an appearance in Saint Ursulain the north of the island, where fire extinguishing teams trust that it will do the job of cooling the ground without destabilizing it.
The director of extinction of the Tenerife forest fire, Jose María Sánchez, assured this Tuesday that the next step to extinguishing the fire will be to avoid the loss of soil during rainfall. The technician has said that before starting any work, one must “be sure that the area is turned off, very cold and safe.”
Conditions that, he assures, will depend on the weather, and will benefit from “not intense and constant” rains.
“The worst that can happen is that a subtropical front approaches and causes severe damage,” a fact that would most affect the affected areas of the southern zone, where the fire has been intense.
The European prediction model already predicted the arrival of an Atlantic low starting this Tuesday, October 17. This Monday, the State Meteorological Agency includes in its parts for this week the arrival of rains, which will be more abundant at the end of the week, although this forecast may still vary.
