The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) forecasts winds from southwest components this Tuesday, highlighting an anomaly in the direction in which the wind is blowing. However, the gusts will remain between 50 and 60 kilometers per hour, below the yellow warning level. For this reason, Aemet has deactivated the precipitation warning for this Tuesday for the islands of Lanzarote, La Graciosa and Fuerteventura. Meanwhile, it will remain active in the rest of the Archipelago.
It has also described this meteorological phenomenon as an "extensive storm", named 'Óscar', which is currently southwest of the Azores, and which will leave intense rain and winds in the Canary Islands, mainly in the western islands.
Generalized, persistent and locally strong or very strong rains are expected from early Tuesday morning, although less intense and frequent in the easternmost islands, with the probability that they will be accompanied by storms.
The interaction of the southwest wind with the orography of the islands will enhance precipitation mainly in the islands with greater relief.
In addition, strong winds are expected in the western and frontal islands, with widespread very strong gusts of 70 kilometers/hour and more localized gusts of 90 kilometers/hour.
The 'Óscar' storm, which is actually a series of small lows in subtropical latitudes within the large storm, with its associated fronts and high humidity content, will move north during Tuesday, remaining over the peninsula and the Balearic Islands for several days, possibly until the weekend.
In any case, Aemet points out, its effects will be more limited than in the Canary Islands and will mainly consist of fairly widespread rains, starting on Wednesday, less probable and intense in the Mediterranean area.
Aemet indicates that it is "very probable" that on Thursday, with the departure of 'Óscar' and its associated fronts from the Canary Islands, this period of intense rain and winds in the archipelago will end.
