SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, June 4 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated the orange warning (significant risk) in the Canary Islands due to maximum gusts of wind that can reach 90 kilometers per hour and the yellow warning (risk) due to rain that could leave up to 60 liters per square meter. in twelve hours and winds of up to 70 km/h.
The orange warning for maximum gusts of wind of 90 km/h will be active next Tuesday, June 6, from 12:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on the islands of La Palma and Tenerife, mainly affecting the northwest slope and summits, as well as to the municipality of El Paso.
That same day there will also be a yellow warning in La Gomera and El Hierro due to winds that could reach maximum gusts of 70 km/h, mainly on the summits and northwest and southeast slopes of both islands.
As for rain, the Aemet has activated the yellow warning in the western islands and Gran Canaria. Thus, in Cumbres and the west of La Palma an accumulated precipitation in 12 hours of up to 60 liters per square meter could be recorded. In the case of La Gomera, El Hierro and the east, south and west of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, up to 15 liters per square meter could fall in one hour.
The activation of these warnings occurs as a result of an extensive storm located today to the southwest of the Azores islands, with several frontal systems within it, which will deepen and approach the Canary Islands over the next few days, giving rise to an episode of rain and intense winds in the archipelago, mainly in the western islands, during Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7.
In reality, it is about successive small lows in subtropical latitudes within the great storm, with its associated fronts and high humidity content, which will impact the islands. One of these small squalls will deepen especially, forming the recently named squall Oscar by Aemet and will be the protagonist in this episode.
This meteorological situation will give rise, starting at dawn on Tuesday, to widespread, persistent and locally strong or very heavy rains, less intense and frequent on the easternmost islands. Precipitation is likely to be accompanied by thunderstorms.
The interaction of the southwest wind with the orography of the islands will enhance the rainfall mainly on the islands with the highest relief. On the other hand, the intense pressure gradient associated with Oscar will cause strong winds in the western and central islands, with very strong generalized gusts of 70 km/h and more localized gusts of 90 km/h.
The Oscar storm will move to the north on Tuesday the 6th, remaining to the west of the Peninsula for several days, probably until the weekend. The effects on the Peninsula and the Balearic Islands will be more limited than in the Canary Islands and will mainly consist of fairly widespread rains, starting on Wednesday the 7th, less likely and intense in the Mediterranean area.
It is very probable that on Thursday the 8th, with the removal of Oscar and its associated fronts from the Canary Islands, this episode of intense rains and winds in the archipelago will end.
