Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency weather bulletin warning of heavy rainfalls and storms which will be accompanied by a high frequency of lightning and hail falls locally.
The barometric low is forecast to hit Greece tomorrow Friday afternoon, April 19, and affect the country until Saturday noon, April 20, 2024.
The intense weather phenomena will initially hit western Greece and quickly move to the East, affecting the central and northern mainland, the Sporades islands, Evia, the Cyclades islands and later the eastern Aegean islands and the Dodecanese.
Video: Rain forecast per 3 hours
⚠️ ΕΠΙΚΑΙΡΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ ΕΚΤΑΚΤΟΥ ΔΕΛΤΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΔΕΙΝΩΣΗΣ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ 19-4-2024/0000Β
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✅Έτσι την Παρασκευή (19-04-24) οι ισχυρές βροχές και οι καταιγίδες θα επηρεάσουν:
α. Από νωρίς το απόγευμα στα νησιά του Ιονίου, την… pic.twitter.com/GZUpqNMnGg— Theodoros Kolydas (@KolydasT) April 18, 2024
The winds will be strong and will reach 7 and locally 8 Beaufort.
EMY WEATHER WARNING
Friday, April 19
a. From the afternoon hours on the Ionian Islands, Epirus and western Sterea.
b. From late afternoon in Thessaly, eastern Sterea and Peloponnese (mainly in its western parts).
c. In the evening hours the phenomena will extend further east and will affect areas of central and eastern Macedonia (Pieria prefecture, Thessaloniki prefecture, Halkidiki prefecture as well as the sea-coastal areas of Serres prefecture and Kavala prefecture), eastern Sterea, the Sporades, Evia, the Cyclades and the islands of the eastern Aegean.
d. A gradual weakening of the phenomena is expected in the evening hours in the Ionian and the western continents.
Saturday, April 20
a. Until the morning hours in Thessaly, the Sporades, in areas of central and eastern Macedonia (Pieria prefecture, Thessaloniki prefecture, Halkidiki prefecture as well as in the sea-coastal areas of Serres prefecture and Kavala prefecture), the islands of the eastern Aegean and in places eastern Sterea and Evia.
b. From early in the morning until noon in the Dodecanese.
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