There is an amber alert for the Tramuntana, where up to 100 litres per square metre of rain may fall in a twelve-hour period. In the rest of the island the alert is yellow, with up to 60 litres of rain forecast. Wind speeds in the Tramuntana will be 100kph or more and up to 80kph elsewhere. Highs are not expected to go above 12C.
The unstable weather will continue into next week. Rain is forecast to be lighter on Sunday, and the temperature will rise a degree. Tuesday should, though, begin to see a weakening of the cold front that has been dominating Majorca for the past week.
Today's rain was widespread and at its most intense in parts of the Tramuntana, where 70 litres fell in Lluc by midday. In Campos in the south of the island there were 40 litres, while 30 litres had fallen at the airport by midday.
The rain in the Campos area led to the closure of two roads because of flooding: the MA-6031 and MA-6040. The MA-3021 Montuiri-Pina (Algaida) was also closed, as was the MA-3300 Sineu-Petra. A fifth road, the Soller Coll MA-11A, was closed because of a landslide.
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How I have often commented on the collection of this most welcome rain. If rain was collected in ALL areas of the Island. There would be more water available during the Summer DRY Season. When the reservoirs are full, in the Tramuntana, the excess rain falling on the whole Island is lost to the sea. How the Agricultural Areas would welcome an Irrigation Scheme : From the Winter rains. If they could be collected, and fed to the growing fields, then crops would flourish, and not fail.