El Perro Negro

Grumpy old mountain man living in Spain

Tag: weather

Note – 2026-02-14 09:53

Note – 2026-02-14 09:53

Winter is back. Snow on the hills above our house this morning. Snow level about 1600m

Spain, Alpujarra, Lovelanjaron, Weather

Note – 2026-02-13 15:57

Note – 2026-02-13 15:57

April showers and its only February! Another threatening wet weather spell inbound to the Alpujarra

Spain, Weather, Clouds

Note – 2026-02-03 18:04

Battening down the hatches here for tonight and tomorrow. Amber warnings for wind and rain. No doubt our house roof will leak under prolonged heavy downpour (they all do 🤣). Schools and Universities i...

Spain, Weather, Mountains, Andalucia

Note – 2026-01-29 11:30

Note – 2026-01-29 11:30

A rough, windy morning here in Spain's Alpujarra hills. Plenty of heavy showers heading our way too. Bring it on, the more precipitation the better for all, even though it will undoubtedly lead to mor...

Spain, Weather, Landscapes, Landscapephotogaphy

Note – 2025-11-17 18:34

Note – 2025-11-17 18:34

Braving the Arctic weather conditions, we geared up and left the warm apartment. We made the 300 meters to the bridge over the Rio de las Vueltas before we decided to call it a day and head to the war...

Patagonia, Elchalten, Weather

Note – 2025-11-17 10:03

Heavy rain here in El Chalten. Also an orange alert for wind with 60-80 kph predicted and gusts of over 100 kph. Wind chill just above freezing. Don't think we'll be going anywhere today.

Patagonia, Hiking, Weather

Note – 2025-09-29 14:21

Note – 2025-09-29 14:21

There's a village down there after all. Nice to have the first rains, since seemingly forever, today. Lanjarón, Alpujarras

Spain, Weather, Clouds

Note – 2025-03-13 15:24

Note – 2025-03-13 15:24

A close call. We've had a lot of rainfall this past week. Whilst in a local restaurant this lunchtime a tree fell down over my old car and hit the cars opposite. No damage very luckily! 🤞

Weather, Damage, Andalucia, Spain

Note – 2024-06-02 08:32

Note – 2024-06-02 08:32

Overnight clouds beginning to clear this morning. Lanjarón, Granada, Spain

Spain, Granada, Clouds, Weather

Note – 2024-04-29 13:08

Note – 2024-04-29 13:08

Great news. A storm heading our way!

Weather, Spain, Granada, Storm, Clouds

Note – 2024-03-24 10:13

Note – 2024-03-24 10:13

From this mornings dog walk. Instead of the views from snow capped mountains down to the sparkling Mediterranean Sea, today we have the skies of southern Spain affected by the latest Sahara Dust storm...

Silentsunday, Weather, Calima

Note – 2024-01-15 11:05

Note – 2024-01-15 11:05

Huge lenticular clouds building up in the mountains. High winds and possibly some bad weather to come

Sierranevada, Spain, Clouds, Weather

Note – 2023-12-06 09:36

Note – 2023-12-06 09:36

Atmospheric! Rain and clouds clearing over Lanjarón.

Spain, Sky, Clouds, Weather

Note – 2023-05-19 21:16

Note – 2023-05-19 21:16

Fresh snow on the southern slopes of Mulhacen 3482m, the highest mountain in mainland Spain, this afternoon. Most welcome late season precipitation for the

Sierranevada, Mountains, Landscapes, Landscapephotography, Snow, Weather, Spain

Note – 2023-03-24 09:52

Note – 2023-03-24 09:52

A year ago today the Sahara Dust arrived (Calima). The whole of the south of Spain was affected. Our town Lanjarón, was turned dirty orange, almost like a Sci-Fi movie. After a week we were left with...

Calima, Saharadust, Alpujarras, Spain, Skies, Weather