A sunny but windy day for Majorca. | MDB

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Majorca is under yellow alert today for dangerously high winds.

Here in Palma it?s 20 degrees and overcast, 35 kilometres an hour winds and a low of 12º. Gusts of wind are forecast to reach 60kmph.

The sun?s out in Selva but locals are advised to anchor down everything they possibly can because northerly winds will be gusting up to 60 kilometres an hour; the high is 19º falling to 8 degrees overnight.

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It?s 19 degrees and a lovely sunny day in Ses Salines but the wind is extremely strong there too at upwards of 40 kilometres an hour in places, with a low of 13º.

Andratx is mostly cloudy with howling winds of 45 kilometres an hour, a high of 20 and a low of 12.

Bunyola and Portocolom are on alert for strong gusts of wind up to 80kmph.

You can view the weather live with our webcams.

Party on with the Swedish Community of Majorca tonight in honour of Santa Lucía.

There?s traditional Swedish pastries, Glöck Christmas Punch and lots of other delicacies up for grabs at Plaza de Cort in Palma from 6pm and the Santa Lucia parade gets underway at 8pm.

A choir of children from Majorca?s Swedish School will take part in this year?s concert at Palma Cathedral and at least 1,000 Swedes are expected to be at the event.

Maximum Temperatures (Registered today)
Pollensa................................... 21.1 degrees Centigrade
Pollensa, port........................... 21.1 degrees Centigrade
Capdepera............................... 20.1 degrees Centigrade
Sa Pobla.................................. 19.6 degrees Centigrade
Ciutadella, Cala Galdana......... 19.6 degrees Centigrade

Minimum Temperatures
Sierra de Alfabia, Bunyola.......... 5.7 degrees Centigrade
Escorca, Son Torrella ................ 7.1 degrees Centigrade
Escorca, Lluc............................. 9.0 degrees Centigrade
Palma, university...................... 10.4 degrees Centigrade
Muro, S’Albufera...................... 11.8 degrees Centigrade

Wind Speed (km/h)
Sierra de Alfabia, Bunyola............................... 60 (km/h)
Ibiza, airport...................................................... 53 (km/h)
Palma, airport................................................... 51 (km/h)
La Mola, Mahon................................................ 50 (km/h)
Campos, Salines Llevant.................................. 49 (km/h)

Gusts (km/h)
Sierra de Alfabia, Bunyola.............................. 109 (km/h)
Ibiza, airport...................................................... 82 (km/h)
Es Mercadal..................................................... 80 (km/h)
Portocolom....................................................... 76 (km/h)
Campos, Salines Llevant.................................. 75 (km/h)

Rainfall (mm)
Es Mercadal................................................................ 0.2