Tornado alarm off the coast of Minorca as storm moves across to Mallorca

Island on bad weather alert

Jason Moore12/05/2023 13:08

Minorca was on bad weather alert this morning with torrential rain being forecast. Also, various tornadoes were spotted out to sea raising the alarm.

The Met Office has been forecasting bad weather for the weekend but so far it is Minorca which has been hit the hardest with heavy rains. The storm this afternoon stared hitting the north of the island after coming across from Minorca. The island is on bad weather alert.

Minimum temperatures overnight: 4 Escorca, S.Torrella 7 Lluc 7 Alfàbia 8 Palma Univ 8 Campos 9 Petra 9 Binissalem 9 Sineu 10 Calvià 10 Sta Maria 10 Campos, Salines 10 Muro 10 Pollença 10 Manacor 10 Artà 10 Andratx 10 Aerop.Palma 10 Porreres.

Rainfall per square metre overnight (Mallorca). 6 Son Bonet, 3 Binissalem 2 Santa María 2 Manacor 2.

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Stan The Man | 5 months ago

@Per Many Thanks.for the information.

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Per | 5 months ago

Stan The ManDrop Frank's line, he's a nice bloke. http://weather.mailasail.com/Franks-Weather/Home

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Stan The Man | 5 months ago

I would love to talk to a Met Person about my idea. Sending a Missile at the Tornado Funnel Cloud to explode within the cloud column. Would that be enough to disperse the column and stop it from causing damage ?

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