A great new weather service for walkers, trekkers and mountaineers, courtesy of Meteoblue and Spanish Highs Mountain Guides has been unveiled for the Alpujarras and Sierra Nevada. The 6 day detailed report is based on data from Lanjaron and is updated daily. The report gives temperatures, windspeeds, cloud cover, rainfall amonst the data.
We have been testing the reliability for some months now and are confident in it’s usage. Visit http://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/detailed-alpujarra-weather-forecast.html
to read the full report.
Meteogram components
Temperature charts show the hourly temperature course during the forecast period. Temperature curves can be illustrated with temperature colour scales, to facilitate the interpretation.
The precipitation charts show the amount, type and probability of precipitation. Precipitation amount is shown in mm (which corresponds to liter per square meter). Total precipitation amount (blue bars) is the sum of shower (light blue bars) and frontal precipitation (not indicated separately). Precipitation types are rain (no separate symbol), snow (*), and freezing rain (!). Hail is only displayed for special services. If Precipitation falls as snow, the height of the snow cover can be indicated separately – otherwise, multiply the amount of water by the factor 10 to obtain snow cover. Precipitation probability is calculated from the predicted cloud conditions, the frequency of precipitation forecasts in the region and the frequency of precipitation in previous forecasts, and is shown in percent (%).
Cloud charts show the cloud development during the forecast period, from 0 to 14 kilometer altitude above sea level (km asl). Cloud density is shown in grey scale steps (see chart legend). The average altitude of the surrounding area is plotted on the bottom of the chart. From the height, density and sequence of the clouds, you can interpret the type of weather expected.
A typical cold front starts with low clouds, which build up over time. Thunderstorm weather is characterized by cloudless mornings and rapid cloud development during the day, with dense and high clouds in the afternoon, which may disappear again during the night.
After using to the cloud graph for some time, you will find it easy to understand the expected weather patterns.
Wind charts show the hourly wind speed and direction during the forecast period. Wind speed is shown in a curve (km/h) for maximum wind speed (wind gusts) during the previous indicated hour.
Wind direction is shown by wind barbs indicating the cardinal directions (N, S, E, W) from which the wind is blowing. A wind barb from the North indicates wind blowing from North to South.
The barb begins with a feather and finishes in a point. The wind blows from the feather towards the point. The number of “feathers” (lines at the end of the barb) represent the speed.
Hi I am wondering if you may be able to help me.
I have just come across your excellent web site the information is excellent for us skiers….
I live in the Alpujarra between Cadiar and Murtas and I was away over Xmas and New Year this year.
Whilst I was away I understand there were extreme weather conditions, like an enormous amount of rain over Xmas which caused the mud roof on my solar batter store to cave in under the abnormal amount of rain. It shorted out my inverter and knackered my batteries….
The reason for my email is that my insurance company is refusing to pay for the damage because, according to them, there was bless than 40 litres per metre.
” Estos daños no tienen cobertura al no haberse superado en la zona los 40 litros por metro cuadrado y hora establecidos como límite en el apartado 3.3 del Condicionado General.”
I have only been here a few months and my Spanish is not good and I wondered if you may be able to tell me where I can find historical precipitation data for this area as I don’;t happen to agree with the insurance company. I never had any problem with the roof even in very heavy storms.
The friend who was feeding my cats and who has lived here for 5 years said the rainfall was extreme.
Any help you may give would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Graham Peckham
Hi Graham
We did have an extraordinary amount of rainfall during December. I have a summary from our own weather station records based here in Lanjaron if that helps. There are 2 summaries……………
(1) December high, lows and rainfall in mm.
(2) This December against other December records.
Alpujarra Weather Station at http://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/weatherlive/index.php
Weather Summaries at http://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/weather.html
I have never known such rainfall before and the records here bear that out. Almost everybody I know had leaks. It was incredible. The spanish dont measure in mm or Inches, they measure in how many litres fall in a square metres per hour. There may be conversions around however if you research the net.
Anyway, I hope the jpg files below assist you in your battle with the hyenas from the Insurance Establishment. Good luck! Let me know how you go on.
Regards
Richard