With a bad weather entering this new week, as a barometric low from Italy brings heavy rain and thunderstorms to our country.

The storm will start in the afternoon from the west and is expected to peak on Tuesday (4/3), with the phenomena being strong in places in eastern Macedonia, Thrace and the eastern Aegean islands.

Meteorological conditions also favour the transport of African dust.

As Theodoros Kolydas, director of “EMY” (national meteorological service), notes in a post, “the low pressure system created in the Gulf of Leo, already affects Italy and from noon-afternoon Monday will move eastwards affecting the Ionian islands in the late afternoon.

During Monday night into Tuesday the front will affect many areas of mainland Greece , heading towards the East Aegean islands.

🎯 Η ΠΡΟΓΝΩΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΙΡΟΥ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ 4 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ 2024
To βαρομετρικό χαμηλό το οποίο δημιουργήθηκε στον Κόλπο του Λέοντος, επηρεάζει ήδη την Ιταλία και από το μεσημέρι-απόγευμα της Δευτέρας θα κινηθεί ανατολικότερα επηρεάζοντας αργά το απόγευμα τα νησιά του Ιονίου.
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— Theodoros Kolydas (@KolydasT) March 3, 2024

The forecast of Tasos Arniakos

“We expect showers and thunderstorms in the West from tomorrow afternoon and slowly, progressively, they will cross over,” Tasos Arniakos told ANT1’s main newscast.

“In Attica we expect bad weather through the night, dawn to dusk on Tuesday.

From midday Tuesday onwards, the weather will improve in the main body of the country, but there will be in the northeastern Aegean islands and the Dodecanese.

The southerly winds will reach 6-7 Beaufort, carrying dust from Africa. Due to the southerly winds, the mercury will be at its highest,” he added.

The forecast of Klearchos Marousakis

OPEN meteorologist Klearchos Marousakis posted about the bad weather wave, writing about a “new barometric low that formed in the Gulf of Leo.

Thus, from Monday afternoon and from the west we will have a rapid passage of rain – storms that locally not excluded to have intensity.

As we head towards midday – afternoon on Tuesday this rain – storm front will have reached the eastern Aegean Sea with a simultaneous improvement of the weather further west, an improvement however that will be accompanied by periods of instability which instability seems to accompany us until Friday or so as colder air in the middle and upper atmosphere will not allow for a substantial improvement of the weather, while the temperature below seems to be dropping and polar air masses from Ukraine, although they will be displaced towards Turkey, seem to “touch” our country without this meaning that we will be in conditions of heavy winter”.

The weather today

A change in the weather is expected from midday hours in the Ionian Sea and the western mainland with showers and thunderstorms.

The phenomena, which will be locally intense until the evening, will extend further east.
Localised and less intense rain will also occur from midday in Central and Eastern Macedonia, Thrace and the North Aegean.

Some snow will fall in the continental highlands.

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During the night towards Tuesday, locally heavy rain and thunderstorms will affect the eastern and northern part of the country, the Aegean and Crete, while the phenomena in the Ionian Islands and the western mainland will continue. Atmospheric conditions favour the transport of Saharan dust and the occurrence of mud showers.

The temperature will range in Western Macedonia from 1 to 15 degrees, in the rest of Northern Greece from 3 to 18 degrees, in Epirus from 5 to 20 degrees, in Thessaly from 4 to 20 degrees, in the rest of the mainland from 6 to 20-22 degrees, in the Ionian Islands from 9 to 18 degrees and in the Aegean islands from 8 to 19 degrees, while in Crete the maximum will reach 21-23 degrees Celsius locally.

The winds in the Aegean will blow southeast with intensities of 5-6 Beaufort, gradually increasing to 7 Beaufort and possibly locally 8 Beaufort. In the Ionian Sea, the winds will initially blow southeast with intensities of 5-6 Beaufort and locally 7 Beaufort, but after noon they will shift to westerly winds with intensities of 4-5 Beaufort.

MACEDONIA, THRACE
Weather: In the mountains of western Macedonia in the evening there will be snowfall.
Winds: Variable 3 to 4 and from the afternoon hours southeastern 4 to 6 Beaufort.
Temperature: From 07 to 17 degrees Celsius. In western Macedonia the minimum will be 3 to 4 degrees lower.

IONIAN ISLANDS, EPIRUS, WESTERN SOLID, WESTERN PELOPONNESE, WESTERN PELOPONNESE.
Weather: a few clouds increasing from midday hours with local rain and from the afternoon hours thunderstorms, possibly locally strong at times. At night the phenomena will weaken. In the mountains of Epirus and western Central Greece in the evening there will be local snowfall.
Winds. From the evening it will turn to westerly and weaken.
Temperature: From 09 to 20 degrees Celsius. In the interior of Epirus 3 to 5 degrees lower.

EASTERN SOLIDIA, EUBOEA, EASTERN PELOPONNESE
Weather: generally clear. From the afternoon clouds will develop and in the evening local showers and occasional thunderstorms.
Winds: southwest 3 to 5 Beaufort and from the afternoon hours south up to 6 Beaufort.
Temperature: From 07 to 19 degrees Celsius.

CYCLADES, CRETE
Weather: generally clear. From the evening clouds will develop and at night local showers and occasional thunderstorms mainly in the Cyclades.
Winds: southwest 3 to 5 and from the afternoon hours south 5 to 6 Beaufort.
Temperature: From 13 to 20 degrees Celsius.

EASTERN AEGEAN ISLANDS – DODECANESE
Weather: a few clouds increasing from the evening in the eastern Aegean.
Winds.
Temperature: From 12 to 19 degrees Celsius.

THESSALY
Weather: generally clear. From noon clouds will develop and from the afternoon local rain and in the evening occasional thunderstorms.
Winds: south-southwest 3 to 5 Beaufort and from the afternoon hours in the Sporades up to 6 Beaufort.
Temperature: From 05 to 18 degrees Celsius.

ATTICA
Weather: generally clear. From late afternoon clouds will develop and at night there will be local rain and occasional thunderstorms.
Winds.
Temperature: From 10 to 18 degrees Celsius.

THESSALONIKI
Weather: a few clouds that will increase in the afternoon and in the evening there will be local rain and thunderstorms, possibly occasionally heavy at night.
Winds: From southern directions 3 to 4 Beaufort.
Temperature: From 09 to 17 degrees Celsius.

FORECAST FOR TOMORROW TUESDAY 05-03-2024

In the north and the eastern islands clouds, partly cloudy with local rain and thunderstorms.

The phenomena, which will probably be locally strong in eastern Macedonia, Thrace, the eastern Aegean islands and gradually in the Dodecanese, will gradually weaken from the afternoon. Snowfall will occur in the mountains.

In the rest of the country the weather will be unsettled with local rain and isolated thunderstorms mainly in the west.
Winds will blow from westerly directions 4 to 6 and in the southern seas locally 7 Beaufort and only in the early morning hours in the east will be southerly up to 7 Beaufort.

The temperature will drop. It will reach in the north and west 14 to 16 degrees Celsius, in the rest of the mainland 17 and in the Aegean islands 18 to 19 degrees Celsius.

FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY 06-03-2024
In the eastern island country clouds, partly cloudy with local rain and occasional thunderstorms and quick improvement. In the rest of the country unsettled weather with occasional cloudy with local showers and isolated thunderstorms at times on the mainland in the midday and afternoon hours.

Some snow will fall in the northern mountains.

Winds will blow from the north 3 to 5 and in the south west northwest 4 to 6 and in the early morning hours in the seas up to 7 Beaufort.

The temperature will not change significantly.

FORECAST FOR THURSDAY 07-03-2024
In the north cloudy with local rain and mainly from noon sporadic thunderstorms. Snow will fall in the mountains. In the rest of the country a few clouds which will gradually increase in the Ionian and the mainland, so there will be local showers and isolated thunderstorms.

Winds in the west will be variable 3 to 4 Beaufort and from the afternoon west southwest with the same intensity. In the east, winds will blow from the north 4 to 6 Beaufort from the north and only in the northeast will be easterly up to 5 Beaufort.
The temperature will not change significantly.

FORECAST FOR FRIDAY 08-03-2024
In the west, central and north cloudy with local showers and occasional thunderstorms. Snowfall will occur in the mountains.

The phenomena which will gradually extend to the rest of the regions will gradually weaken from the afternoon and from the west and will be limited to the southeastern islands late in the evening.

Winds will blow from the north at 4 to 6 Beaufort and in the south from westerly directions with the same intensity.
The temperature will drop.