Tropical Storm Threatens Canary Islands

[HW Chris]

Thousands of British travellers could have their winter sun breaks disrupted as tropical storm 'Delta' threatens to hit the Canary Islands.
The storm intensified to near hurricane-strength in the Atlantic Ocean yesterday and threatened to lash the Spanish islands as it raced toward northwest Africa, forecasters at the US National Hurricane Center said.

Full Story: thisistravel.co.uk/travel/news/

[Mal 54]

Thanks for that HW The Dog, at the moment I don't really care..I have enough to worry about....Over the years we have been in America when a Hurricane was coming....And Cyprus with earth quake tremmers, that was a few years ago when Turkey had that terrible earthquake.

[Chrissey Babe]

"Thanks for that HW The Dog, at the moment I don't really care..I have enough to worry about....Over the years we have been in America when a Hurricane was coming....And Cyprus with earth quake tremmers, that was a few years ago when Turkey had that terrible earthquake." --- mother



Sounds like you need to give up on holidays, where you going next year so I can avoid it......

::roll:

[Mal 54]

Cyprus............

[Mal 54]

Cyprus.....June 2006 for 21 nights....sooooo keep away from Cyprus in June :wave:

[brian121]

Umm not looking to good for anyone on the atlantic Islands for the next few days,strange thing is it should be going the other way.


TROPICAL STORM DELTA ADVISORY NUMBER 20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM AST MON NOV 28 2005

..DELTA BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL SOUTHWEST OF THE CANARY ISLANDS...
..STILL A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM FOR THE CANARY AND MADEIRA
ISLANDS... AND NORTHWESTERN AFRICA...

STORM FORCE WINDS IN THE MADEIRA ISLANDS AND GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE
CANARY ISLAND WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT... WITH GALE
TO POSSIBLE STORM FORCE WINDS REACHING THE THE COAST OF MOROCCO AND
NORTHERN MAURITANIA BY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DELTA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH... LONGITUDE 20.1 WEST OR ABOUT
175 MILES... 285 KM... NORTHWEST OF LA PALMA IN THE CANARY
ISLANDS AND ABOUT 250 MILES... 400 KM SOUTHWEST OF FUNCHAL IN THE
MADEIRA ISLANDS.

DELTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 30 MPH...48 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK... DELTA IS EXPECTED TO PASS BETWEEN THE CANARY AND
MADEIRA ISLANDS LATER TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT... AND REACH THE
CENTRAL COAST OF MOROCCO BY TUESDAY MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS. GALE- TO STORM-FORCE WINDS COULD OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE
CANARY AND MADEIRA ISLANDS LATER TODAY... AND ALONG THE COAST OF
MOROCCO AND NORTHERN MAURITANIA ON TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGER
OVER HIGHER TERRIAN.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES
..280 KM FROM THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 988 MB...29.18 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...30.3 N... 20.1 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...EAST NEAR 30 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 988 MB.

[Sydney]

Take no notice mother I am sure that when you go it will be lovely-and I am sure it will be a hell of a lot better than it is here any way.
I would rather be there than here in this horrible murky country wether there is a tropical storm or not!! x x x

[brian121]

You should live down here Sydney,don't do murky days in Essex, well not to many anyway.Here's a pic of the sunset this evening in Essex taken on the way home from work on my phone cam.

[HW Bex]

That's pretty much how I saw it aswell.

Lovely sunny day in Kent today!:thumleft:

Hope you have a lovely time Mother, whatever the weather......

[HW Chris]

Update for you: http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411366/633906

It's now called the Winter Storm formerly known as Tropical Storm Delta hehe