Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY updated on Friday to category Orange the weather warning noting that the intense icy front CORAL will continue to affect the country until Monday, February 24, 2025.
At the same time, northerly gale-force winds of intensity 7 Beaufort will prevail locally in the Aegean Sea and 8 B in the south parts, while there will be local snowfalls, generally light, in the eastern mainland, the Aegean islands and Crete.
EMY’s UPDATED WEATHER WARNING
TEMPERATURES
Friday, Feb 21
a) In Macedonia and Thrace up to 5 – 7 degrees Celsius.
b) In Thessaly, the islands of the northern Aegean, central and eastern Sterea, eastern Peloponnese and Evia up to 7-9 degrees Celsius.
Saturday, Feb 22
a) In Macedonia, Thrace and the islands of the northern Aegean from -5 (minus 5) to 4-6 degrees Celsius.
b) In Thessaly, central and eastern Central Greece, eastern Peloponnese and Evia from -3 (minus 3) to 6-8 degrees Celsius.
Sunday, Feb 23
a) In Macedonia, Thrace and the islands of the northern Aegean from -4 (minus 4) to 5-7 degrees Celsius.
b) In Thessaly, central and eastern Central Greece, eastern Peloponnese and Evia from -1 (minus 1) to 9-11 degrees Celsius.
SNOWFALL
Friday, Feb 21
a) In Macedonia (mainly central), Thessaly, central and eastern Central Greece (including Attica), eastern Peloponnese, Evia and temporarily in the islands of the northern and eastern Aegean Sea, in the mountainous and semi-mountainous areas and locally in areas with lower altitude.
b) In the mountainous and semi-mountainous areas of Crete.
Saturday, Feb 22
a) In Macedonia (mainly central), Thessaly, central and eastern Central Greece (including Attica), eastern Peloponnese, Evia and the islands of the northern and eastern Aegean, in the mountainous, semi-mountainous areas and locally in areas with lower altitude.
b) In Crete in the mountainous, semi-mountainous and possibly locally in areas with lower altitude.
c) In the central and northern Cyclades temporarily in places in the mountainous.
Sunday (23-02-25)
a) In Macedonia (mainly in central) and temporarily in Thessaly, eastern Peloponnese and Evia, in the mountainous, semi-mountainous and locally in areas with lower altitude.
b) In Crete in the mountainous and semi-mountainous.
Initial CORAL weather warning by EMY here
INDICATIVE MAPS February 21-24
