Three different types of weather will “hit” the country over the weekend of December 14, 15 and Monday, December 16. According to Giannis Kallianou‘s forecast, changes will gradually be seen in the weather, which will evolve from mild, to “P” type to “brisk”.

“I’m not going to say what the weather will be like on Christmas because we still have 13 days to go. There’s a ‘weather zoom’ for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We will have three different types of weather in three days. On Friday the weather will be mild. On Saturday, rains are expected in the northern and western parts of the country, while on Sunday we expect “P” type weather again with strong winds and localized rains,” said well-known meteorologist Yannis Kallianos.

“From Monday we will have “northern stream” weather. This is the third type of weather we will see in that three-day period. The winds will blow from the north and as a result the temperature will drop considerably. Monday will be “wintry”, not extreme but the mercury will drop and reach 12 to 14 degrees Celsius, while snow is expected in the mountains.

In Attica and Euboea it will snow at altitudes above 900 meters, while in Crete snowfall will be more dense in the mountains above 1200 meters. In Anogia it will be a surprise if it will snow, I expect snow at altitudes above Anogia.”

In a post on Facebook, meteorologist George Tsatrafillias says that snow is not excluded in areas of Attica from Monday.

On Saturday the new element of the weather development is the strong south winds in the Ionian Sea and local storms from noon onwards in the west and on Sunday in the eastern Aegean and the Dodecanese.

During the weekend and on Monday we expect rain in other regions such as Macedonia, Thessaly, Cyclades and Crete.

However, there will be a notable drop in temperature (6-8 degrees) on Sunday and Monday. It will also snow in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas of central and northern Greece.

From Tuesday the temperature will rise again.

I would like to emphasize that the above phenomena will not be particularly intense. I also do not exclude Monday morning ‘sprinkles’ in Parnitha. For Christmas… for now I see mild weather conditions”.

Frost in the north yesterday morning

Frost was recorded in the early hours of Thursday 12/12 in the northern continental parts, with the lowest minimum temperature recorded in Shelley at -2.2°C.

According to the network of automatic weather stations of the National Observatory of Athens / meteo.gr, the eight lowest minimum temperatures during the morning hours of Thursday 12/12 are presented in the following Table.

Today’s weather

A few clouds are forecast, partly cloudy in the central and eastern parts of the country, with local rain in eastern Thessaly and eastern Central Greece. Occasional showers will also occur in the mountains of Crete. In the evening and morning hours, visibility will be limited in places mainly in the central and northern continental areas, while local frost conditions will occur mainly in areas of Macedonia.

The temperature will range from 3 to 11 degrees in Northern Greece (in Western Macedonia from -3 to 8 degrees), 7 to 17 degrees in Central and Southern Greece, 7 to 15 degrees in Western Greece (in Epirus from 2 to 10 degrees), 11 to 16 degrees in the Cyclades and up to 18 degrees in Crete, 9 to 15 degrees in the East Aegean islands and from 12 to 17 degrees in the Dodecanese.

The winds will blow in the Aegean from north-northwest directions, light to almost moderate 3-4 Beaufort, with the exception of the Dodecanese, where the winds will be moderate 5-6 Beaufort, while in the Ionian Sea from variable directions, light and from the evening almost moderate 4 Beaufort.

Weather type “P” on Sunday, December 14

In the west, the islands of the East Aegean and gradually in the Cyclades, Crete and the Dodecanese clouds with local rain and occasional thunderstorms. The phenomena will quickly weaken in the west, while in the East Aegean islands and the Dodecanese they will gradually intensify. In the rest of the country, clouds will be partly cloudy with local rain mainly in Macedonia, Thrace, Sporades and Evia. A little snow will fall in the northern mountains.

Winds will blow in the west west, west-northwest 3 to 5 Beaufort. In the east will blow south southwest 4 to 5 and in the Aegean Sea locally 6 Beaufort, gradually turning to west northwest with the same intensity.

The temperature will rise slightly in the central and southern parts of the country.

Drop in temperature on Monday 15 December

In the east local rain and mainly in the sea – coastal areas sporadic thunderstorms. In the rest of the country cloudy with local rain and in the Ionian Sea in the morning hours isolated thunderstorms. Occasional snowfall will occur in the mountainous areas of mainland Greece and Crete.The phenomena will quickly stop in the north and later in the center.

The winds will blow from the north from 5 to 6 Beaufort, in the sea 7 and from the afternoon in the south locally 8 Beaufort.

The temperature will drop.