Clima tormentoso.

Fired up the calor gas heater for the first time today. Wet washing hanging in the bathroom refusing to dry. Feet are freezing but I can’t remember where I put away my socks from last winter. Not going to venture out anytime soon. Hate tramontana season.

From the local news today:

The storm Blas arrives in Menorca with a hurricane wind and waves of up to 12 meters

The Aemet, before the possible entry of a medicán (Mediterranean hurricane), has activated a triple alert, due to wind, rough seas and rain

Menorca and the Mediterranean coast will be the weekend under the effects of the storm 'Blas' , the first with a name of this season that, without reaching the destructive power of tropical hurricanes, could cause waves of up to 12 meters and winds of more of 100 kilometers / hour in the archipelago .

Blas is the first storm to which the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has named this season due "to the possibility that its nucleus acquires characteristics of tropical or subtropical cyclones" , according to the Agency's spokesperson, Rubén del Campo.

The storm will also be the most prominent phenomenon of the first weekend of November, which is expected to be especially cold throughout Spain, with temperatures between 5 and 10 degrees below normal at this time , generalized frosts and snow in the northern mountains. situation that will remain until Monday 8, when more autumnal values will be recovered.

The Aemet calculates that it will be between the night of tomorrow Saturday and the first half of Sunday when the storm will form to the east or southeast of the Balearic Islands and hopes that it will not be very extensive but deep, being able to generate very strong wind, maritime storm and intense showers , mainly in the archipelago.

Despite the tropical or subtropical characteristics that 'Blas' could have, meteorologists are not going to grant this storm yet the condition of a cyclone, but they do speak of "medicán" (from the fusion of the English terms "Mediterranean" and "hurricane" or Mediterranean hurricane , in Spanish) due to its characteristics.

And it is that the Aemet expects 'Blas' to cause waves in the Balearic Islands of more than 7 meters and even occasionally reach 12 meters at points on the coasts of Mallorca and Menorca during Saturday night and Sunday.

In addition, the winds will blow continuously and with very intense gusts exceeding 90 or 100 kilometers / hour, accompanied by locally strong stormy showers .

In view of these forecasts, the shipping company Baleària has suspended the planned routes between Ciutadella and Alcúdia from the afternoon of this Friday until Monday due to the adverse weather situation forecast in the Menorca channel.

For its part, the Directorate General for Civil Protection and Emergencies has advised extreme caution during the weekend in the interior of the Balearic Islands and areas of the Mediterranean side.

Triple alert in Menorca
In Menorca a triple alert is activated, due to rain, wind and rough seas. This Friday the orange warning (important risk) for coastal phenomena is active from 6:00 p.m. , which will be in force all Saturday and all Sunday , with waves of between 4 and 6 meters, with peaks of up to 12 meters. The wind warning is also in force throughout the weekend with gusts that can reach 100 kilometers per hour. For this Saturday, the Aemet has also decreed the yellow warning for rainfall, when up to 20 liters per square meter can be collected in one hour.