What's the weather like? - May 2022

[Johnrgby]

Caleta 07:30

We start the day with almost 100% cloud cover no sign of the sun as yet, and the visibility which was forecast to improve this morning has worsened.

Temperature 19C

Wind N/Easterly 8/10 KPH

Forecast is for a partly sunny day with temperatures in the mid 20,s, the wind to move Easterly late morning before returning N/Easterly late afternoon and easing  3/5KPH early evening.
UV 10

It is now 09:30 and little has changed and my confidence in this forecast is not very high.a yellow warning for high temperatures remains in place.

[Johnrgby]

It is now 11:00 and with the exception of the temperature being 23C and the cloud appearing darker nothing has changed

[Johnrgby]

Caleta Fuste 18:15


A strange day very cloudy and oppressive for most of the day, the sun made a valiant attempt to break through around 13:00 and finally  succeeded at circa 14:00 a very pleasant afternoon  mostly cloudy but warm,temperatures in the mid 20s current temperature is 24C. the  sun has once again disappeared.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

We were in El Matorral most of the morning, full cloud, ok warmth but not hot, car thermometer said 24C. Got home to Tindaya around 2pm where it was still full on cloud but 42C in the shade!
Went to Corralejo for 4pm, again nice and warm but not 'hot'. Got home around 7.30pm and it was still high 30Cs in the shade.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Massive lightning storm going on out over sea to West.

[Johnrgby]

Continuing Yesterday's strange Weather by 19:00 the cloud had dispersed again and we had around 50% very hi high light cloud cover temperature 25C  at midnight there was not a breath of wind, and a temperature of 22C

Wednesday 07:30

A hazy blue sky

Temperature 22C

Wind S/Easterly 3/5 KPH

Forecast:-

Temperature's to reach high 20,s low 30,s the wind is expected to move around quite e bit today but to be predominantly S/Easterly and not to increase above 7/9KPH

UV Extremely high at 11

The rest of the week is forecast to be very similar

[Johnrgby]

Caleta Fuste 18;15



Sun broke through around 10:00 shade temperature at

10:00 23C


12:00 27C

Then just after 12:00 the wind suddenly shifted N/ Westerly and picked up , and cloud started to build and by 12;30 we had 60% cloud cover followed at 12:40 by a very short but very heavy shower lasted no longer than 2/3 minutes, and by 13:00 the cloud started to break up slightly, shade temperature 25C since when we have a blue sky with some scattered light cloud and shade temperatures in the high 20,s current shade temperature 26C with hardly any wind.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Last night's electrical storm kept me and my dog awake until around 6am!

Canarias7:

1,400 lightning strikes over the Canary Islands in four hours.
From the Aemet they point out that the electrical device was expected to fall into the sea, but ended up affecting Gran Canaria and Lanzarote.
Many Gran Canarians were surprised last night and during the early morning of this Wednesday by the thunderstorms that left lightning and rain on the island. All this, after the start of the week was marked by heat, which even led Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura to the yellow warning on Monday, with temperatures of up to 34 degrees.

The delegate of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) in the Canary Islands, David Suárez, points out that these storms were expected at sea, but ended up affecting, especially, the southeast and the capital of Gran Canaria. Early this morning there was also a discharge in Lanzarote, although most of the electrical device did impact the ocean.

The expert points out that the storms are associated with an area of instability, formed by an isolated depression at high levels (DANA), whose core is moving towards the northeast of the Canary Islands. It is expected, therefore, that next morning the DANA will be located northeast of the archipelago and will have no effect on it.

Currently two areas remain active that can leave discharges, one is in the northeast of Lanzarote and another south of the islands, off the coast of El Aaiún (Western Sahara). However, it is not expected that they will have an impact on the archipelago, but will affect, exclusively, aeronautical surveillance. "As the hours go by, it will subside," says Suárez.

Thunderstorms in data

The thunderstorms that fell in Gran Canaria last night and in the early hours of Monday left 6 liters of water in one square meter in the stations of Tejeda, Cruz de Tejeda and Tejeda Casco. As well as, between 5.4 and 6 liters in Valleseco and Teror, and between one and two in the south and northeast.
As for the rays recorded, the delegate of the Aemet in the Canary Islands provides the data available at the moment, which are 1,400 rays in the last four hours, in the area between Madeira and the south of the Canary Islands.

From the Aemet they point out that these storms derive from a convective situation, this is the ascent of both warm and humid air, which favors the formation of clouds that usually leave precipitation, lightning and thunder.

Drop in temperatures

On the other hand, the expert indicates that temperatures have fallen in the last 24 hours in a generalized way, especially in those localities where they had risen the most, such as the inland areas of Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Tenerife.
He adds that in the coming days the Weather will stabilize again, recovering values (at the temperature level) more typical of this time of year. It is expected, however, cloudiness of evolution and diurnal warming, which causes the days to dawn clearer and, as the hours progress, tend to cloud.

link to original article for weather maps

[Johnrgby]

Caleta 07:30

Another hazy blue sky with a small number of scattered cloud mostly over the mountains to the West.

Temperature 17 C 

Wind 0, no discernible wind whatsoever.

UV 10

Forecast:- a mostly sunny day with some light cloud building early afternoon wind to remain non existent but some light easterly winds circa 3/5 KPH forecast for this afternoon temperatures in the mid 20,s

Sunset 20:37
It is now 08:05 and the shade temperature is still 17C

[Johnrgby]

Caleta Fuste 18;15



The cloud started to build and the wind strengthened earlier than forecast at around 10:30 wind picked up Easterly 7/9KPH and the cloud cover was circa 10% shade temperature 19C


13:00 cloud cover at 25% shade temperature 24C wind as was.


As the day went on it improved the cloud stayed with us but cleared somewhat shade temperatures have been in the high 20;s all afternoon current shade temperature is 24C with a light Easterly breeze, All in all a very pleasant day.