A satellite photo taken yesterday shows the vast vortex of Storm Therese, which is currently bringing wind, rain and rough seas to the entire mid-Atlantic.
Taken by the EUMETSAT at 9:37 am yesterday, the immense weather system can be seen spiralling in an anti-clockwise direction around a central point hundreds of miles north-west of the Canaries.
The Canaries are at the bottom of the photo, at about 5 o’ clock from the centre of the storm, and it can be seen how the swirling weather system is arriving to Lanzarote from the south-west.
It’s been an odd storm so far, with occasionally heavy showers and blustery winds interspersed with sunny, warmer spells. Current forecasts predict more of the same, with showers and strong winds this morning, but clearer weather in the afternoon.
School classes have been suspended in public institutions, and several other events have been cancelled or postponed today.
The outlook for the weekend and beyond is pretty much the same, with high chances of showers, winds from the south and south-west and a slight rise in temperatures.
The weather alerts currently in place for Lanzarote are as follows:
Yellow alert for wind: Until 6pm on Friday 20th March. South-westerly winds with gusts that could reach 70 kph.
A second yellow wind alert is also in place from 9 am to 9pm on Saturday, 21st March.
Yellow alert for rough seas: Until 6pm on Friday 20th March. Waves of 4-5 metres on northern coasts, with south-west winds of up to 50-60 kph. High spring tides caused by yesterday’s New Moon will make conditions around the coast even more unpredictable.
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