Brits heading for the Canary Islands are facing the prospect of a tropical cyclone hitting into islands this weekend.
Weather experts have put the islands, which include Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria, on alert as the storm bears down on them.
The Miami National Hurricane Centre has increased the chances of a tropical cyclone forming between the Canary Islands and Cape Verde in the next 48 hours at 60 percent.
"The tropical wave that is expected to establish itself over Atlantic waters during Thursday evening," the forecaster predicted.
The storm is heading out into the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal and north towards the Spanish island chains.
It is not certain that it will make direct contact with the holiday hotspots, but torrential rains are very likely whether it does or doesn't.
Aamet, the Spanish national forecaster, has predicted that a lightning storm will hit the western islands during the day on Sunday.
Lanzarote and La Palma are the least likely of the Canary Islands to bear the brunt of the tropical cyclone, which will be named if it makes land.
Aemet tweeted today: "After a summer with very little cyclonic activity, the Atlantic has 'awakened' in September.
"There is quite a bit of activity right now, with a tropical storm, a hurricane, and three developing systems."
The weather front has put quite a dampener on anyone who has heading to the Canaries for some late summer sun.
The weather forecast shows that the next week will be near constant rain while temperatures in the mid-20s will keep things very humid.
Hopefully downpours are the worst of the weather that people visiting and living on the island have to deal with.
In countries such as the Dominican Republic tropical storm Fiona has been wreaking havoc over the past two days as it makes its way north.
Roofs have been ripped off buildings, trees felled and areas flooded by the ferocious weather front.
