At ten to three in the afternoon this Wednesday the town of tasartein the municipality of La Aldea de San Nicolás, entered boiling when reaching the 37.7 degrees centigrade, a temperature unusually high for a month of March, but which was followed by a large number of locations throughout the archipelago comfortably exceeding 30 degrees Celsius, thus capitalizing on the national ranking of the day.
They were points, among others, such as maspalomasin San Bartolomé de Tirajana, with 35.7; bird, in Fuerteventura, with 35.1 degrees Celsius and since nine in the morning marking values above 30 degrees; the airport Tenerife Southand Beautiful valleyin La Gomera, with 33.5; anaga, with 32.9 degrees; and Agüimes with 32.5 degrees Celsius.
Health activates the yellow notice for this Thursday in the municipalities of Santa Lucía and Mogán
March 29 was also identified as a windy day, with gusts of up to 77 kilometers per hourrecorded again in La Aldea de San Nicolás, or the Tenerife Sur airport, where peaks of 62 kilometers per hour.
But, in any case, March holds even more meteorological surprises in its farewell, since according to the Meteorology Statal Agency Temperatures will continue to rise slightly to moderately in the eastern islands, “especially the maximum ones”, according to Aemet, while fewer changes are expected in the western province. They are values that can reach the 34 degrees in the southern interior of both Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura. In addition, the interior and south of Lanzarote and Tenerife would remain around 32 degrees centigrade, all with haze in height and clear skies.
For all these reasons, the island of Gran Canaria wakes up this Thursday with three yellow notices in force, for coastal phenomena in the east, south and west of the island, due to gusts of wind in the same area, as well as on the summit, and for temperatures maxims.
This last factor has determined the Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands to activate its corresponding yellow notice for both the 30th and 31st in the municipalities of St. Lucia and moganto which is added Friday Agüimes.
Health It is recommended to drink a lot of water, avoid alcohol consumption as well as sun exposure in the central hours of the day as well as sports activities, especially excursions or visits abroad in the hottest hours.
But there are still more alerts, such as the one activated by the Government of the Canary Islands during the early hours of Wednesday through the General Directorate of Security and Emergenciesdue to risk of forest fires in Gran Canaria.
Specifically, the areas under alert are located above the level 1,000 in the north of the island, and above elevation 400 in the east, south and west, leaving the areas below these altitudes in pre-alert situation.
Similarly, the association Canary Islands, 1500 km of Coastrecommends prevention on the island’s coasts, given the alert for high temperatures, wind and sea conditions, emphasizing that in the face of the foreseeable increase in users on the coast, extreme precautions are taken, maintaining a safe distance in the most rugged areas to avoid a Sea blow.
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Add to that the care in the natural pools and the false sense of security that they provide to finally suggest to fishermen that they pay close attention on crags and cliffs where the wind constitutes a risk factor, as well as that they always be accompanied, with a helmet and suitable footwear. Not in vain, “the 85% of accidents that end in death in the aquatic environments of the Canary Islands, occur due to imprudence due to ignorance”, as they emphasize.
All these precautions will be necessary to take into account also during the day on Friday, another day with several yellow notices in force, like the four that are activated in La Palma by heat, wind, rough seas and hazeor those that will be in force in Gran Canaria until six in the afternoon due to heat and haze, to give way to a Saturday with a notable drop in temperatures and with a retreating dust in suspension.
This trend is confirmed in the forecast of the state agency for the Sundayone day that will be sunnywith intervals of low clouds in the north of Gran Canaria, slightly decreasing temperatures, and a northwesterly wind that will still be delivered with strong gusts in the southeast and northwest.
