A Yellow Weather Alert is in place for storms/rain on Wednesday 19 November:
http://www.eldiario.es/canariasahora/sociedad/Aemet-temporal-Canarias-partir-manana_0_325467991.html
Thx Capt. Got my sandbags out today, cleared the gutters, polished the wellies, blew up the water wings, "Let It Rain" hallelujah
Seriously folks, just checked the charts, it could be a bad storm, so do prepare just in case!
More news on the bad weather forecast:
http://www.islandconnections.eu/1000003/1000043/0/44061/daily-news-article.html
Checked out weather maps on North Atlantic sailing charts - bouts of heavy rain and strong winds forecast till Friday, but lets hope the worst misses us!
The Yellow Alert for rain could be in place for several days according to this forecast - http://www.aemet.es/en/eltiempo/prediccion/municipios/antigua-id35003
Well keep it out there Steve ;D
Hope it doesn't cause any more damage to the beaches.
Still heading towards us from the south - first rain due tomorrow at about lunchtime then rain on and off with some very strong wind, heavy rainfall and showers, thunder and lightning, through until Friday. Let's hope it misses us!
Hopefully it will miss us, very calm at the moment
Should be an 'interesting' flight for me tomorrow then?
Hopefully the Edinburgh flight will sneak in just before it starts!
If we do get very heavy rain please be careful of flash floods. Torrents form in minutes as surface water gathers in the barancos and rushes down to the sea often crossing roads. Don't take any chances!
No rain yet in Caleta.
The forecast doesn't look good, with the Yellow Alert extended into Friday, for both rain and storms: http://www.aemet.es/en/eltiempo/prediccion/municipios/antigua-id35003
Im flying out this morning from Liverpool .I`m only staying til Saturday :( :( :o
Wind increasing from the south west - and clouds starting to form south of Tuineje
Atlantic maps remain unchanged with heavy rain and wind forecast for later today
Here it comes, from the South. Goodbye blue sky :'(
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Wind building and getting cloudy at Corralejo.....
Looks like GC is getting its share http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/radar?LANG=en&STRUCTUR=_&CREG=r3ca&CONT=eses&BIG=0&LOOP=1<YP=std&ROAD=0&CITY=&L=0&SLP=0&W=0&LF=0&SUM=0
Still sunny in Morro Jable, though it is a bit breezy!
Windy as hell in El Cotillo. The sign by the new bus terminus has just folded in half - still the rain will dampen down the dust a tad. Every cloud etc.
A squall has reached El Cotillo.not too much rain in it so far but it was preceded by a good going sand storm.
Now this what I call rain! And lightning. :'(
The first heavy rain shower at my house at 1.45pm
Quote from: decho on November 18, 2014, 20:46:24 PM
Should be an 'interesting' flight for me tomorrow then?
Hopefully the Edinburgh flight will sneak in just before it starts!
Phew just got here in time before it all started. Driving from the airport could see the storm clouds gathering and then.......!!!!!!!!!###########%%%%%%%%%
Wouldn't like be be landing in that lot!
Just had 20 minutes of very heavy rain in Cotillo.
OK, I will most likely get flamed for this, but does Fuerteventura not actually need a good downpour now & again? In my 18 years of visits, I have only seen it rain once, apart from the odd drop that dried up as fast as it landed.
Saying that, the time it did rain, there where a few land slips onto the road & the hotel roof was found wanting
Depends on what time year. :) We are usually there Dec/Jan/Feb. I've seen the terrace fill up like a swimming pool on a couple of occasions. And I know it can go into houses if there is flash flooding. Nice for the plants though. :)
The island does need a good downpour now and again, but it is quite worrying when it happens because of the flooding it causes. My house, and my neighbours, were seriously flooded in Nov 2010 and Jan 2011, and we always fear that it might happen again, despite the Ayuntamiento improving the drainage systems.
Heavy rain for the last half an hour in Caleta, but it's brightening up now.
We have had strong winds, a few heavy showers & (thunder, not common here) in Corralejo. Yes we do need a good downpour every now & then. Not had much here for almost 3 years (yes Captain, they do cause trouble as well, we know). Will help to keep the bugs off the plants too. As said, every cloud ---. Looks like the forecast is much more tomorrow. ::) 8)
Been lashing down, more to come. It's forecast through to saturday :'(
Absolutely tipping down at 2pm at the airport. Had to wait for it to slow down so we could get to the car, floods all over the car park. A great welcome for the holidaymakers.
Hope everyone stays safe and as dry as possible. I'm over at the end of the month, so hopefully will have missed it all.
Rain showers continue.
The Alert is up to ORANGE for rainfall tomorrow.
After a very enjoyable week, the first time we have visited in November. We took off for Bristol at 13:30 just after a storm hit. I can say the take off was a bit bumpy to say the least a real bone shaker.
How is the island now?
Heavy rain in Caleta into Wednesday night just what we needed for the golf courses and gardens. Just like a normal day in Cumbria. No real damage.Not sure about today some cloud about but allot of clear sky.
Not too bad overnight in Caleta. The paths and roads are drying up so there wasn't too much rain.
Some blue sky at 8am this morning, with black cloud out at sea and to the south.
It's lashing down in El Cotillo this morning, even by my Scottish standards.
The open ground where the new bus terminus in El Cotillo has been built was a catchment for the storm water run-off from the surrounding roads and open ground. For example the storm in October 2012 left a mini- lake over a foot deep for several days but the local housing was not flooded.
Now it's been tarmaced over for the bus park with no drainage at all built into the project the storm water now settles in the surrounding streets.
Good bit of planning there Cabildo De Fuerteventura whose sign sits proudly in the middle of the quagmire of silt and mud.
But on the bright side - the sun has just come out.
No rain at my house this morning,but there are black clouds all around.
A shower at lunchtime in Caleta. My daughter said there was heavy rain and flooding in Puerto del Rosario.
Glasgow has had a Yellow Weather Alert since 1975!
The alert has been downgraded to Yellow for today - a 55% chance of rain.
Lots of thunder in the early hours in Caleta, but not much rain. I've just looked at a rain radar for the last 24 hours and it would appear that the north of the island got most of the rain.
Very loud thunder during the night and heavy rain at Corralejo. Clearing now but very heavy in the early hours. Ground saturated!
Plenty of lightening out to sea in the early hours off the coast of Cotillo and the occasional flash and rumble of thunder going on now.
Caleta had Heavy rain again in the night with thunder and lightening all around us. Seems to have gone away at the moment and back to clear sky and no sign of rain.
Some sunny intervals this morning 8), so not too bad. There's been very black clouds out at sea for several hours.
nice drop o'rain, do the place the world of good, clear the air and freshen the place up a bit ! :D
Not too bad in Caleta yesterday, as it stayed dry until midnight.
Rain overnight, and a shower this morning. The wind is now stronger too.
The Yellow Alert for rain remains in place for today and tomorrow, plus a Yellow Alert tomorrow for rough coastal waters.
After nearly 2 hours of rain in Caleta the sun 8) is out now.
Bands of heavy rain and strong westerly winds coming in from the Atlantic - Ajuy, Pajara and Tuineje. Water starting to flow in the barancos, gavias are flooded -another 36 hours hopefully!
people that have uktv, does the rain effect your reception ? as our's goes off completely when there's rain about. :(
Not with UKTV but my internet is all over the place. Amospherics they told me.
Last night in Corralejo, lashing winds & tons of rain at about 4 am. Woke me up. Mega! Today still very strong winds. :o 8)
Taken from Fuerteventura Emegencias
Inform to all users exaggerates the precautionary principle on the road FV - 30. in the pitch which goes from the roundabout in the Valley of the Holy Ines - former towards betancuria is closed. We pray use alternative route for pajara for access to betancuria. Thank you
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Morro Veloso closed again then - looks bad around the square Santa Innes, Betancuria, Pajara, La Pared, down to Tuineje. Just going out for a gander - but more heavy rain forecast overnight!
A few showers in Caleta during the day and evening.
Lots of very heavy showers today in Corralejo (Mercadona end anyway) and I can just hear another one starting up. Countryside is starting to take on a lovely green hue.
Hope no one has had too much damage or any injuries. Without gutters and drains, streams and rivers etc to 'tidy away' the rain I've come to appreciate just how much rainwater can come down in a short time. It's just totally different to the UK where flooding is usually as a result of prolonged periods of rain.
Drove Tuineje, Pajara, Ajuy earlier, lots of standing water but nothing in the rivers, not even where the main road bridge was washed away in 2010. Still raining hard here, clown festival a wash out!
Power cut at 4:10 this morning in Cotillo following a downpour and massive gust of wind. All back on in 5 mins but 'scattered showers' so far.
Shame about the clown festival Spike
I guess there's nothing worse than a soggy custard pie
Showers overnight and this morning.
Some blue sky now :D.
Key holder says ive had 2 small leaks in the roof but no damage :(
Good news ive got rid of europa tv ;D
Some of these downpours are really, really local. I was in Corralejo earlier in full sun whereas at Tamaragua, no more than 4km away, they were having torrential rain. The sunny periods are really lovely - maybe just appreciating them more.
We've just returned from 11 days in Morro Jable. First 8 days were great - typical Fuerte weather that we've been used to for the last 5 autumns. However, on Wednesday things started changing with a strong westerly breeze which brought a few heavy showers, then all hell broke loose on Wednesday evening with incredible thunder and lightening, gale force winds and torrential rain. Same first thing on Thursday morning and then repeat performances on Thursday and Friday nights. During the day weather was generally ok - warm sunny spells.
The saddest thing was observing the damage to the pristine beaches along the Sotavento Coast between Morro Jable and Costa Calma. The flash flooding from the barrancos resulted in debris and mud entering the sea and 'staining' the beautiful white sands beaches. The rough seas has also wreaked havoc with major sand loss on many of the beaches between Risco and Esquinzo.
We really hope nature restores the situation as we are due back in March. :o
Flying in on Friday you could see the mud run off on both Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. Very red. Even worse yesterday coming down the hill into Puerto del Rosario from El Cotillo/La Oliva.
Still, only spent 5 hours yesterday putting together an Ikea bed. >:(
Wind has been a problem!
Watch out you don't get sued by the real Cool Runnings