Cristóbal Gambero defines the Easter rains in our town as 'calaera water'. "Calaera means that it has fallen very well, slowly, not like in other situations of dana, which are very punctual, not very distributed, which sometimes tend to do damage and not this time, I think that the land has swallowed the rain quite well", explains the head of the weather station in Mijas.
In Mijas, after eight consecutive days of rainfall, an average of 250 litres has been registered. "We have had maximum amounts of just over 270 litres in the area of Entrerríos and slightly lower, about 200 litres, in the area of Las Lagunas, but we have to be satisfied with everything that has been collected", says Gambero.
Although the amount of water that has fallen has been a relief, "we are still below the average that Mijas needs for a year, we are around 380 litres, until we reach the 700 litres, that is the natural average since the records have existed, there is still a long way to go", explains the head of the meteorological station.
"Hopefully it won't be like April last year, which was disastrous, not a drop fell, but I am confident that April will bring some rain, and perhaps the first days of May as well", Gambero points out.
- Cristóbal Gambero, responsable de la estación meteorológica de Mijas, durante la entrevista a este medio.
- Jacobo Perea.
Processions
During this Holy Week, the head of the weather station in Mijas has had a flood of calls. The brotherhoods of Mijas have held on to their forecast to go out in procession or not. "It wasn't that complicated, because it wasn't a situation of scattered rains, they were well-formed fronts, which we could see coming, and when it came to predicting it was easier, but even so it's complicated to say at what time it's going to rain when my procession goes out", and Gambero adds that "those of us who like meteorology aren't magicians. We use various models, but at the last minute, when the time for the procession is approaching, we look at the weather radar which tells us in real time where the rain is coming from and how heavy it is, and we can rely on this tool because it is very good".
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