Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, June 28 (EFE).- The smoke from the hundred long fires that have devastated the forests of Canada has reached the Canary Islands this Wednesday, especially Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where the aerosols generated by the burning are add the episode of calima in which the archipelago is immersed.
In statements to EFE, the territorial delegate of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) in the Canary Islands, David Suárez, explained that these aerosols have moved depending on the weather conditions and atmospheric circulation, first passing through the Iberian Peninsula, especially through Galicia, Madrid and Portugal, and now moving towards the Canary Islands.
“As it moves, it is eliminated, so it is logical that less concentration reaches the Canary Islands than Galicia”, detailed the Aemet delegate.
He added that this Thursday could be the day in which this conjunction of haze and ash particles is more pronounced, while the Canarian Government, with jurisdiction over air quality, tries to determine the proportion of desert aerosols generated by the haze and what proportion of particles are linked to the Canadian fires.
“In principle, we anticipate that the haze will subside from Friday, when there is a change in air mass with a drop in temperatures,” said the person in charge of Aemet in the Canary Islands, who added that this will help to know what the contribution is of the fires and what effect the haze has had.
The smoke and ashes have already dyed several North American cities, such as New York, orange and have now reached the Canary Islands, especially Lanzarote, where the air quality is moderate, with a value of 74 -the lower the value, the better the quality-, according to the Canary Islands Government station that measures this parameter in Arrecife.