Temperature in Greece will gradually rise up to 32-34 degrees Celsius until Saturday, 12 October, 2024, according to the latest data the weather service of the National Observatory of Athens meteo.gr. The atmospheric circulation will favor the transfer of warm air masses to Greece in the next few days. Especially …
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Weather Warning as storm front CASSANDRA hits Greece
Greece’s National Meteorology Service EMY issued a weather warning of rain and storm front CASSANDRA forecast to hit Greece on Friday and Saturday, October 4-5, 2024. Cassandra is forecast to pass initially the North of Greece and extend to the South. The weather will deteriorate with the passage of a …
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Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rain, stormy winds, temperature drop
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin warning of a bad weather front heading to Greece with stormy winds, a noticeable drop in temperature and heavy rainfalls and storms. Note that the last few days, temperature in large parts of the country has been reaching up to 30-32 …
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Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfalls and storms
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin warning of a bad weather front forecast to hit a large part of the country on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. According to EMY weather warning the bad weather front will hit with heavy rainfalls and storms will affect the regions of …
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Storm ATENA: Updated Weather Warning for Greece
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an updated Emergency Bulletin of Hazardous Weather Phenomena warning about the weather on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 10-11, 2024. According to the updated warning, storm ATENA, accompanied by a low-pressure system over the Ionian Sea, is moving eastward, affecting central and northern mainland areas …
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Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfalls, storms, thunder, gusty winds
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning as storm system “Atena” is moving from the West to the East will hit the country with heavy rainfalls, thunder and hail. Storm “Atena” is forecast to reach Greece from the Central Mediterranean region on Monday night, September 9, leading to …
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Lightning sparks wildfires as stormy weather hits Greece
A bad weather front with heavy lighting stroke Greece on Friday and sparked 24 fires across the country, the Fire Service said. Two wildfires ignited by lightning Friday afternoon are burning in Kalyvia Thorikou and in Penteli, eastern Attica. On the island of Evia, four lighting bolts caused fires in …
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Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfalls, storms, lightning, hail
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin warning of a bad weather front with temperature drop forecast to hit the country for three days. Forecast are heavy rainfalls and storms accompanied by a high frequency of lightning and hail falls locally. Temporarily the phenomena will be accompanied by …
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Greece Weather Warning: Strong rain showers, storms with heavy lightning
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY has issued an emergency bulletin warning of a weather deterioration with heavy rain showers and storms, locally accompanied by a high frequency of lightning and hail falls. At the same time, the intense weather phenomena have already hit the country causing flooding and damages mostly …
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Greece Weather: 40°C with rainfalls and summer storms
August started with a light breeze but as of Friday, August 2, temperature rose again and is forecast t reach 40 degrees Celsius over the weekend, August 3-4, 2024, in some parts of the country. At the same time, Greece will be divided into two weather-wise, as rain showers and …
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Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfalls and storms, gusty winds
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency weather bulletin warning of heavy rainfalls and storms accompanied by hail locally and temporary very strong winds (μπουρινια/gusts). The bad weather is forecast to affect mostly areas in northern and central Greece and is expected to be of short duration. EMY weather …
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Greece’s National Meteo updates Heatwave Warning
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY updated on Friday its heatwave warning saying that high temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius will prevail in many parts of the country until Monday, July 22, 2024. From Tuesday, July 23, onward there will be a gradual decline in temperature, both in terms of maximum …
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Over 15,000 lightning bolts cause 62 wildfires on Thursday
A total of 62 fires broke out in the last 24 hours, most of them due to lightning during the powerful weather front raging in Greece on Thursday, the Fire Brigade said. Οver 15,000 lightning bolts fell within nine hours across the country. 1,200 of them stroke Athens and Attica …
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Weather Alert in Athens & Attica; Updated warning my EMY
Millions of residents of Athens and Attica as well as tourists received weather alerts at noon on Thursday warning them of upcoming heavy rainfalls and storms as of the afternoon. The sms was sent via the Emergency line <112> by the Civil Protection. It is worth noting that many Greeks …
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Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfalls and summer storms
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning on Tuesday, drawing attention to heavy rainfalls and storms, accompanying by a high frequency of lightning and hail falls locally. Unstable air masses coming from the north-west Balkans will bring weather deterioration mainly in the central and northern parts of Greece …
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Greece Weather Warning: Heatwave with up to 42-43°C
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning of a heatwave forecast to “toast” the country in the following four days. The extensive high pressure field that covers the coasts of Africa and the Central Mediterranean and is accompanied by very warm air masses is gradually expanding further east …
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Greece Weather: June brings the first heatwave of the year
Meteorologists warn of an upcoming heatwave that will strike Greece with the beginning of June. the first heatwave of the year is forecast to last at least one week. During the weekend, June 1-2, 2024 temperatures will reach 30 degrees Celsius and from Monday the mercury will move upwards reaching …
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High temperatures and Sahara Dust prevail in Greece; up 38.6 in Crete
Temperatures higher than the seasonal average prevail in Greece also on Monday, May 20, while they reached even 38.6 degrees Celsius in some regions a day earlier. At the same time, particles of Sahara Dust keep swirling in the sky with forecast to speak of improvement as of Thursday, May …
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Sahara dust and high temperatures set Greek authorities on alert
The “explosive cocktail” of temperatures much higher than the seasonal average and the Sahara dust have reportedly set Greek authorities on alert. According to currently available forecast temperatures are expected to reach up to 40-41 degrees Celsius on the island of Crete. (See MAPS below!) It will be the second …
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Greece Weather: First “heat” wave with temperatures over 35°C
A wave of unusually increased temperatures way above the seasonal average is on the way to Greece as of Thursday, May16. Temperatures are forecast to reach 32 degrees Celsius, up to 35°C in the following weekend and even higher in Crete. The weather will remain unstable until next Wednesday, May …
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