The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has activated warnings on five islands of the Canary archipelago, orange level (significant risk) in the case of the island of The Palmin anticipation of the registration very abundant rains throughout this Monday.
They have also been activated yellow notices (risk) on the islands of Gran Canaria, La Gomera, El Hierro and Tenerifedue to predictions that indicate that up to 20 liters per square meter will accumulate in one hour in many places, and 60 liters per square meter in 12 hours in points of La Gomera, El Hierro and the metropolitan area of Tenerife.
In the case of La Palma, the orange warning will last throughout Monday. On the summits, in the east and west of the island, up to 100 liters per square meter can be reached in 12 hours. The Aemet has warned that the rains will especially affect the north and west during the first half of the day, and the eastern slope in the second half. In many cases, precipitation will go accompanied by strong storms.
The Government of the Canary Islands, through the General Directorate of Emergencies, has declared a rain alert on the island of La Palma starting at 3:00 a.m. this Monday. In the rest of the islands, the Government maintains the pre-alert situation for rain, declared last Friday, November 15. The pre-alert for storms also remains in force throughout the archipelago, which was also declared on Friday.
These decisions are made based on the Aemet prediction, as well as other available sources, and in application of the Specific Emergency Plan of the Canary Islands for Risks of Adverse Meteorological Phenomena (PEFMA). Given this situation, the Government of the Canary Islands recommends that the population take extreme precautionsespecially if you are outdoors, and insist on following the self-protection advice established in these cases to avoid risks.
Stable weather in the rest of the country
In contrast, this Monday a day marked by the stability in the Peninsula and Balearic Islandswith a predominance of slightly cloudy or clear skies and some intervals of medium and high clouds in the southern half and evolution in mountains, which could leave an occasional shower in parts of western Andalusia or in mountainous environments in the center and west.
The maximum temperatures will tend to decrease in general slightly this Monday, more markedly in the Pyrenees area and Catalonia, and to increase in the Canary Islands, southern plateau, northeast of Galicia and southeast of the peninsula. In the rest of the territory, there will be few changes in minimum temperatures.
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