The high temperatures are returning after a short break, but so are the African dust, which is expected to make the atmosphere stifling, in most of the country. At the same time, they are foreseen mud showers which are likely to cause problems.
Yes, meteorological conditions favor the transport of African dust with increased concentrations in the atmosphere until Wednesdaywhile on Thursday the situation will improve as rains are expected.
The particles of which African dust is composed they can by inhalation enter the lungs and the bloodstreampossibly causing asthma attacks in people with asthma and other respiratory conditions.
Experts recommend wearing a maskespecially for people with respiratory problems and allergies.
Detailed forecast:
THE Monday and the Tuesday will be characterized by dust transport in our country but also from local rains, which will obviously be in many areas mud showersaccording to the ERT meteorologist Panagiotis Yiannopoulos. The temperature will rise.
On Wednesday in the west, central and northern continental areas, clouds are forecast to temporarily increase with a few local rains until the afternoon. Isolated storms they will manifest in the northwest in the early morning hours and again at night. In the rest of the country, sparse clouds temporarily thicker in the southern Aegean. The meteorological conditions favor the transport of African dust mainly in the east and south. The temperature will drop slightly in the west.
The next weather system on Thursday and from the west, he will give rains in the west and the north and a few storms in northern Greece. Until Palm Sunday no more rains are expected in the country. At the weekend the temperature will rise again reaching the central and southern 24 to 26 degrees.
The phenomenon of African dust is now common
For the last 20 years we have increasing the phenomenon of the appearance of African dust in our country. The reason is the rapidly evolving desertification of the Sahara which, depending on the weather conditions, carries along heavy metals, fungi and bacteria. Heavy metals include lead, arsenic, iron, manganese, chromium, zinc, cesium and dioxins.
THE impact on the human bodydepends on the density of the cloud and the length of time people are exposed to it.
The size of the particles that travel and finally reach the Greek area they can cause an inflammatory reaction in the epithelium of the upper and lower respiratory tract. They are 10mm in size and penetrate the upper respiratory tract. In the bronchi they are up to 2.5 mm and penetrate the alveoli.
Spring was taking its tolli further the situation since they are integrated the pollens in the cloud particles and become more penetrating and aggressive resulting in causing severe symptoms in people who already have respiratory allergic diseases such as allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, allergic asthma.
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