With strong winds, mudrains and the presence of African dust in the atmosphere will be felt in almost the entire country today (23/4). The dust transport episode that has been ongoing since yesterday is expected to reach its peak.
Caused by the strong east-southeast winds that will reach 8 Beaufort, with gusts even at 9 Beaufort in Aegean. They will bring to the headquarters mudrainsdust in the center and the north, cloudy, but also 30 degrees Celsius in the north Crete while in Florina the thermometer will not exceed 12 degrees.
As the director of EMY stated in his post Thodoris Kolydas the large temperature difference between Northwestern Greece and the Southern Island regions is not unprecedented and the 30s expected in Crete it won’t be much while “an important role will be played again by the locally enhanced Foen-type descending winds”.
On Wednesday, the westerly wind will begin to push the dust towards the Dodecanese more progressively further east, ensuring a clearer atmosphere for Thursday and Friday.
Forecast for Tuesday 04-23-2024
In the central and northern continental and temporarily in the Ionian, the rest of the continental and northern Aegean clouds are forecast with rains. Individual storms will occur in the central and northern continental areas mainly in the midday and afternoon hours.
In the rest of the country, sparse clouds temporarily thicker.
Meteorological conditions favor the transport of African dust with increased concentrations in the atmosphere.
Winds will blow east northeast 4 to 6 and south southeast 7 to 8 Beaufort. From the afternoon gradually in the west they will turn to northwesterly 4 to 6 and in the Ionian locally 7 Beaufort.
THE temperature will rise mainly in the west and south. It will reach 21 to 23 degrees in the north, 24 to 27 in the rest of the country and in the north Crete locally 29 to 30 degrees Celsius.
Forecast for Wednesday 24-04-2024
In the west, the central and the northern continents, clouds are forecast to temporarily increase with a few local ones rains till afternoon. Individual 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 south Aegean.
Meteorological conditions favor the transport of African dust mainly to the east and south.
Winds in the west, central and north will blow from west directions 4 to 6 Beaufort. In the rest of the areas it will initially blow from south directions 4 to 6 and locally in the east Aegean 7 to 8, but will quickly weaken and turn to west southwest 3 to 5 and south 5 to 6 Beaufort.
THE temperature will see a small drop in the west.
Forecast for Thursday 04-25-2024
Initially in the west and gradually in the north, clouds are forecast temporarily increased with local rains till afternoon. Individual storms will manifest in the west in the morning hours.
In the rest of the country, sparse clouds, temporarily denser and gradually generally clear weather.
The winds will blow from west directions 3 to 5 and on the seas, mainly in the south, 4 to 6 Beaufort.
THE temperature will decline.
Forecast for Friday 26-04-2024
Generally open air weather and only in the midday and afternoon hours in the north will local clouds develop and there will be local rains or temporary showers.
Winds will blow from west directions 3 to 5 and in the south locally up to 6 Beaufort. From the afternoon they will gradually turn to north-northwesterly winds with the same intensity.
THE temperature will rise across the country.
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African dust and very warm air masses bring the new barometric low, with the concentrations being particularly high in the coming days, according to the forecast of Clearchos Marousakis. The areas that will be most affected by the African dust are central and southern Greece. As can be seen on the forecast map, the greatest concentrations will be found in the Peloponnese, the Cretethe Cyclades and the islands of the southeast Aegeanu.
In particular, as the meteorologist said, today we will see very high temperatures in CreteAfrican dust, southerners and mudrainswhich will be more intense in central and northern Greece, and will probably make their appearance as well storms. The further south we move, they won’t exist rains, but the amount of African dust will be high with lots of heat. We will have the same pattern on Wednesday, with the atmosphere clearing from Thursday, when the winds will turn to northwesterly, while from Friday and through the weekend the main feature will be the meltemias and the slight drop in temperatures.
Spitting in the rain
But also for the Easter weather, the news is not particularly good, at least with the minimal forecast data so far. A prediction dared o Clearchos Marousakis. In particular, during Holy Week the weather conditions will be basically unsettled with rains.
But as we get closer to Easter, that is, on this day but also on Holy Saturday, another bad weather with rains during lunch hours and its fall temperatureat more normal levels for the season. We are not talking about some extreme situation, h temperature will reach up to 23 to 24 degrees Celsius, he concluded Clearchos Marousakis.
