Half sunny, half rainy

Half sunny and half rainy this morning

Finally some rain yesterday with accumulations between 7 and  25mm across the island, less than expected - and much more is needed. More precipitation is expected tomorrow, though. If you're on holidays here, be wise and check the forecast... The images above and below were taken this morning, after that it was mostly sunny today but there are severe weather warnings for tomorrow.  

Wind turbine blown down

Hermigua turbine

OPC chart for Thursday

The strong winds of yesterday which gusted to nearly 100 km/h in the mountains of La Gomera blew down the relatively new wind turbine which feeds into the charging station for electric cars in the northern town of Hermigua. 

Today the weather is much better and it will remain mostly sunny for the next few days. However, unsettled weather is forecast to return to the Canary Islands in the second half of the week when a new low pressure system is expected to form north of the islands which could bring more wind and rain.