Heavy rains have hit Inca and Alaro in the first big rainfall for many weeks. The island remains on bad weather alert. The video, below, was taken in Inca. See live on our web-cams. Balearic Webcams (majorcadailybulletin.com)
The Balearic Met Office has given out the following storm warnings.
Amber for rain for the whole of Mallorca from 1pm to 8pm Friday, with the heaviest rain forecast for the interior, north, northeast and east - up to 50 litres per square metre in the space of an hour.
Yellow for rain for the north and northeast until 12 noon.
Yellow for thunderstorms for the north and northeast all day until 8pm and for the rest of Mallorca from noon to 8pm.
Up to 7am Friday, Aemet's report indicated no rainfall.
There are also alerts for Saturday - yellow for rain and thunderstorms between midnight and 8am Saturday in the Tramuntana, north, northeast and east. In addition, there are yellow alerts for rough coastal conditions in these same areas from 8am to midnight; winds of near gale force are also being forecast.
Forecasts for Friday (UV rating 6):
Alcudia 29C, gentle northeasterly breeze easing to light southwesterly.
Andratx 30C, moderate north breeze easing to southeasterly light air.
Deya 28C, moderate breeze from the north in the morning; light air from the south in the afternoon.
Palma 29C, moderate northeast breeze easing light east.
Pollensa 30C, gentle breeze from the northeast easing to light from the southwest.
Sant Llorenç 29C, moderate northeasterly easing to calm.
Santanyi 29C, light southerly breeze easing to calm.
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Highs on Thursday - 34.2 Son Servera at 12.10pm; 33.8 Petra at 3pm; 33.0 Es Capdella at 4.20pm.
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Stan The ManSorry, but they are wrong far more times than they are right. Poor forecasting costs us business every time they get it wrong, it's a mistake that costs money!
Well so far this Friday morning there is not a cloud in the sky and AEMET's radar site shows no precipitation anywhere near the archipelago. Their hourly forecast for our region, Andratx, says rain starting at 8am and lasting until 2pm. Once again our boating clients will be put off.
So far the rain and storms have not occurred as forecast. This is unusual for the Met Office to get their forecast wrong. Just when the Island needs both the rain and a reduction of the temperature.