With the phrase “waiting for Dorothea” o Thodoris Kolydas warns of the next bad weather wave which is expected to hit the country from Thursday.
In his post regarding the bad weather Dorothea, Thodoris Kolidas characteristically mentioned that the barometric low that forms tomorrow in the Central Mediterranean, has been named “Dorothea” by Eumetnet’s Central Mediterranean Group.
He clarifies that “this system will begin to affect our country from Thursday followingnoon and especially on Friday with rains, storms and stormy southerlies. However, the temperature doesn’t seem to be changing significantly” clarifies EMY director and meteorologist Thodoris Kolidas.
According to the EMY, on Thursday with the arrival of the bad weather Dorothea, there will be a few clouds in the eastern island country and Thrace which will gradually increase. In the rest of the country, clouds will increase in places with local rains that will intensify from the followingnoon in the west and sporadic storms will also occur. At night the effects in the Ionian will probably be strong.
Visibility will be locally limited visibility in the continental northeast during the morning hours. Meteorological conditions favor the transport of African dust while the winds will blow east southeast, in the west 5 to 7 and locally in the Ionian 8 Beaufort, in the east 4 to 6 and in the southern seas from the followingnoon 7 locally 8 Beaufort.
The temperature will remain at high levels for the season and will reach 19 to 20 and in places 21 degrees Celsius.
The forecast for Friday
In Thrace, the islands of the eastern Aegean and the Dodecanese, clouds are forecast on Friday and from the followingnoon local rains and gradually sporadic storms. In the rest of the country there will be clouds with rain and sporadic storms possibly strong in places with a gradual improvement from the followingnoon in the west. At night, rain will occur once more in the Ionian islands, while snowfall will occur in the northwestern mountains.
Meteorological conditions favor the transport of African dust mainly to the south. Winds will be west south southeast 3 to 5 and temporary early morning Ionian 6 to 7 Beaufort. In the east southeast 4 to 6 and in the southeast Aegean 7 local 8 Beaufort with weakening at night. The temperature will drop slightly.
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