WEATHER consultants have warned of a extreme case of ‘calima’ that may enter Spain’s Canary Islands this week.
The phenomenon sees billions of particles of mud from the Saharan area of Africa fill the air, taking up the sky with a yellow or pink haze.
In keeping with meteorologists at El Tiempo, the ‘calima’ will ‘strongly’ affect the Canary Islands, significantly its jap isles, from Christmas Eve.
It stated in a report: “The haze within the Canary Islands will trigger visibility to be poor, and it’s foreseeable that the air high quality will worsen significantly.
“Within the Canary Islands, the rain and storms which have affected the archipelago will nonetheless persist for the remainder of Monday and the primary hours of Tuesday.
“These precipitations will likely be extra intense and vital within the western islands.
“Throughout the early hours of Tuesday, the rain within the Canary Islands will give its final gasps.
“Probably the most vital accumulations might happen in areas of Tenerife and La Palma, with greater than 10mm at instances.”
It stated ‘stability will resume’ throughout the afternoon of Christmas Eve, ushering in a ‘very steady’ Christmas Day within the archipelago.
Nevertheless, after the rain, the ‘calima’ will take over within the Canary Islands.
The report continued: “The ambiance will favour the entry of a mass of Saharan air with a excessive load of suspended mud.
“From the top of Tuesday, and particularly throughout the early hours and morning of Christmas Day, the skies will likely be coated in suspended mud.
“The density of the haze will likely be larger within the jap islands, the place very excessive concentrations of mud are anticipated. This may trigger, along with the cloudy skies, a robust deterioration of the air high quality in the entire space.”
The ‘calima’ is anticipated to final on the islands till the top of Thursday.
