Greece’s National Meteorological Service issued a weather warning on Friday on a temporary weather deterioration with rainfalls, thunderstorms and stormy winds up to 9 even 10 Beaufort locally.
The barometric low coming from southern Italy is forecast to affect initially western Greece and gradually also central and northern Greece. According to meteo service of the National Observatory of Athens, the bad weather front will set in already on Friday evening.
According to EMY, regions affected are the islands in the Ionian Sea, Epirus, West Sterea, West Peloponnese and West Macedonia.
Map: Regions with intense weather phenomena on Friday night and Saturday morning, June 5-6, 2020.
Wind forecast, Friday, June 5
Maximum wind intensity:
South winds up to 8 Beaufort in the Aegean Sea, Cyclades islands and Crete.
Powerful to stormy winds 8-9 Beaufort and locally up to 10 Beaufort in South, Central and North Ionian Sea
The strong south winds will also bring Sahara Dust in the country. Forecast Saturday, June 6
Weather Forecast & Temperature
Friday, June 5
Saturday, June 6
Sunday, June 7
Temperature in expected to drop by 4-5 degrees Celsius on the mainland on June 6, but rise up to 30° C on Crete, especially in the North.
