Helly Hansen

"From ERT weather man Chris Bedford. Until recently, "liquid lead" sunscreen protection has been the go here in Lanzarote. But over the last few days, the sun has been well hidden by thick cloud cover. This even prevented our ability to enjoy the Lunar Eclipse which would have been visible in the early hours of Thursday morning - a real pity. All this cloud is due to a trough in the upper atmosphere which has done a nice job of hooking up with a very wet sub-tropical jet stream. This jet stream is bringing heaps of moisture northeast from the tropics and directly over the Canary Islands. There is enough moisture in the air to produce something else we don't see often - rain! Although not heavy, there has been enough rain around to wash the dust off most things and keep us wearing our Helly Hansen wet weather gear. The winds have been disappointing as well. After a long period of moderate NE-SE breezes, the upper atmospheric trough has killed the wind here. The Volvo Ocean Race weather laboratory normally supplied by the Canary Islands has been on holiday. However things are shaping up. The cloud should clear out over the weekend and we can expect strong northeast trade winds next week. Everyone is excited about that!"