Many regions of the country resembled the scenario of a science fiction film today, typical examples being Attica and Chania. The encroachment of African dust creates eerie images.
African dust flooded the atmosphere today Tuesday (23/4), literally changing the colors of the cities and the deep orange dominating the horizon.
Satellite data of the American satellite Aqua her NASA that passed over our country on the morning of Tuesday, April 23, 2024, show in high resolution the intense wave of African dust “Minerva red» that took place in the Eastern Mediterranean region affecting Greece to a very large extent.
The shallow low in the Sirte area moving towards Greece carried very large amounts of African dust making the air quality very difficult, composing an eerie scene with a red sky.
Figure 1. Satellite image from NASA’s AQUA satellite on the morning of Tuesday, April 23, 2024 shows the intense African dust wave that took place in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Apart from the African dust, very high temperatures were recorded in areas of Southern Greece and especially in Crete, where the highest temperature was recorded in Falasarna of Chania with a value of 36.6°C.
Figure 2. Maximum temperatures in Greece on April 23, 2024 from the network of automatic weather stations of meteo.gr/E.A.A.
