From today, Monday, August 19th, and until Thursday, the weather in Greece will be autum-like, characterized by rain, thunderstorms, and a drop in temperature.
According to the director of the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY), Theodoros Kolydas, on Monday, there will be rain and thunderstorms, particularly after midday in the Ionian Sea, Epirus, Macedonia, Thessaly, Western Sterea, and possibly in the mountainous regions of the Peloponnese. The phenomena in the northwest may be intense.
On Tuesday, the unsettled weather in Greece will continue with rain and localized thunderstorms in the Ionian Sea and the mainland, particularly in the afternoon, with potentially intense phenomena in the Ionian, Central, and Northern Greece and lower-than-average temperatures.
Wednesday will see scattered foul-weather phenomena across almost all mainland regions—although nothing intense is forecast—with a further drop in temperatures in the east and south.
On Thursday and Friday, no significant rain is forecast, and temperature will gradually increase, along with Meltemi winds that will reach 6-7 Beaufort on Friday.
The weather over the upcoming weekend is not expected to change significantly.
The Weather in Greece on Monday:
Scattered thunderstorms, possibly locally intense, are forecast for the northern Ionian (Corfu-Paxi region) and the western parts of Epirus.
Initially, there will be clouds with local rain in the northern Ionian, gradually extending to the rest of the western, central, and northern parts of the country. Scattered thunderstorms will initially develop in the Ionian and gradually in the western, central, and northern mainland (except Thrace). The phenomena in the northern Ionian and Epirus may be locally intense but will diminish in western Greece by evening.
Elsewhere, the weather will generally be clear, with temporary clouds in the afternoon and potentially isolated thunderstorms in mountainous areas, according to EMY.
Winds will blow from northern directions in the eastern Aegean at 3 to 5 Beaufort, with variable winds elsewhere at 3 to 4 Beaufort, gradually shifting to southerly directions up to 5 Beaufort.
The temperature will reach 30-32°C in the northwest and 34-36°C elsewhere, locally 37°C in the eastern and southern mainland.
ATTICA
- Weather: Generally clear, with temporary clouds in the afternoon.
- Winds: Variable at 3 Beaufort, shifting to southerly in the afternoon up to 4 Beaufort.
- Temperature: 25-35°C.
THESSALONIKI
- Weather: Initially clear, gradually becoming cloudy with local rain and scattered thunderstorms, mainly in the surrounding mountains. The weather will improve by night.
- Winds: South-southeast at 3-4 Beaufort.
- Temperature: 23-32°C.
MACEDONIA, THRACE
- Weather: Macedonia will initially be clear, gradually becoming cloudy with local rain and scattered thunderstorms, mainly in western and central Macedonia. The weather will improve by night. Thrace will be generally clear with temporary clouds in the afternoon.
- Winds: Variable, turning to southeasterly at 3-4 Beaufort.
- Temperature: 20-35°C, with minimum temperatures 3-4 degrees lower in western Macedonia.
IONIAN ISLANDS, EPIRUS, WESTERN STEREA, WESTERN PELOPONNESE
- Weather: Initially cloudy in the northern Ionian, gradually spreading to other regions with local rain and scattered thunderstorms, possibly intense in the northern Ionian (Corfu-Paxi region) and western parts of Epirus.
- Winds: Southerly at 3-4 Beaufort, locally up to 5 Beaufort.
- Temperature: 22-36°C, with minimum temperatures 3-4 degrees lower inland in Epirus.
EASTERN STEREA, EVIA, EASTERN PELOPONNESE
- Weather: Generally clear, with temporary clouds in the afternoon, possibly bringing local showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly in the mountainous areas of Central Sterea and the Peloponnese.
- Winds: Variable at 3-4 Beaufort, gradually shifting to southerly at the same intensity.
- Temperature: 21-36°C, locally up to 37°C.
CYCLADES, CRETE
- Weather: Generally clear.
- Winds: North-northwest at 3-4 Beaufort, locally up to 5 Beaufort, gradually shifting to southwest at 3-4 Beaufort.
- Temperature: 23-36°C.
EASTERN AEGEAN ISLANDS – DODECANESE
- Weather: Generally clear.
- Winds: Northerly at 3-5 Beaufort.
- Temperature: 22-36°C.
THESSALY
- Weather: Initially clear, gradually becoming cloudy with local rain and scattered thunderstorms, mainly in the western and northern mountainous regions. The weather will improve by night.
- Winds: Variable at 3-4 Beaufort, shifting to southeast at the same intensity.
- Temperature: 20-36°C.
Source: TO VIMA
