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Friday, December 15, 2006
Calima to Affect the Canaries this Weekend
After the high winds and heavy rains of last weekend, the weather in the Canary Islands has made another turn and, this morning the archipelago woke up to a calima - or Saharan Air Layer - that is set to remain throughout the weekend until Monday.
Slight rises in temperature - minimum 17 degrees centigrade, maximum 25 degrees centigrade - are expected, as is a slight reduction in visibility.
As Wikipedia explains, "This phenomenon can happen at any time of year but is usually associated with the hot air found over the islands during the summer months, ranging from a few hours up to a week. Calima is caused by a duststorm that is stirred up by high winds in the Sahara and is then driven over the Canary Islands by south easterly winds. The fine sand particles cause the air to become thick and visibility becomes rather like that experienced during a thick fog, depending on the severity. During the calima, every surface will be covered in fine reddish brown dust."
La calima afectará a Canarias el fin de semana
Labels: Tenerife Weather, Weather
