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Weather: Kite flying hindered – Kolyda’s advice: “Don’t rush”

After noon the weather will improve, says the director of forecasts of EMY - The weather until Friday

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The weather will put obstacles in several areas for the traditional kite flight today, as on the one hand the winds will be weak in several areas of the central and northern mainland and on the other hand until noon there will be rain in some places, mainly in the eastern mainland and the Aegean.

The director of forecasts of EMY, Thodoris Kolydas, advises “there is no need to get up at dawn to fly the kite, as there will be rain in places in the east and south“.

“After noon the weather will improve,” he added in his post on X.

See the map of meteo.gr in which the areas where we expect wind intensities above 3 Beaufort are shown in yellow shades, the areas where we expect wind intensities above 6 Beaufort are shown in orange shades and the areas where we expect very weak winds are shown in grey shades.

The weather today from the National Weather Service

In the Ionian, Epirus, western Sterea and western Peloponnese a few clouds that will gradually increase and there will be sporadic rain, some snow in the mountains and mainly in the Ionian, isolated thunderstorms. The phenomena will be limited to the southern Ionian Sea until the evening.

In the rest of the country, cloudy, partly cloudy with local rain, some snow in the mountains and possibly isolated thunderstorms. After noon and from the north the phenomena will gradually weaken and by the evening they will be limited in Crete.

Winds will blow in the west east northeastern 4 to 6 Beaufort, in the east north northeastern 4 to 6 and in the Aegean Sea gradually 7 and locally up to 8 Beaufort. The temperature will drop mainly in the north and east. In the north it will not exceed 12 degrees Celsius, in the west 17 degrees Celsius, in the rest of the mainland 14 to 15 degrees Celsius and in the rest of the islands 16 to 18 degrees Celsius. Frost will occur in places in the northwest in the morning hours.

Cold weather on Tuesday, temperatures will rise from Wednesday

For tomorrow Tuesday the weather forecast from EMY reports cloudy weather with local showers and isolated thunderstorms in the Cyclades and Crete. In the rest of the country a few clouds, locally increasing until the afternoon in eastern Thessaly, the Sporades, eastern Sterea, Evia and eastern Peloponnese, where local showers will occur.

Eastern Greece, eastern Greece and eastern Thessaly, eastern Greece and eastern Thessaly with some precipitations of rain and precipitation.

Winds will blow north northeast in the west 4 to 6, in the east 5 to 7 and in the Aegean up to 8 Beaufort. The temperature will drop slightly mainly in the central and southern parts of the country. It will reach 12 to 14 degrees Celsius in the east and the northern mainland, 15 to 16 degrees Celsius in the west and the Aegean islands and 17 degrees Celsius in the Dodecanese. In the central and northern continental areas there will be frost in some places in the morning hours.

On Wednesday in Crete cloudy with local rain and possibly thunderstorms, with gradual improvement after noon. Generally clear weather in the rest of the country, with increased clouds only during the morning hours in the eastern Central Greece, Evia and the Cyclades. Winds will blow north northeast in the west 4 to 5, in the east 5 to 7 and in the Aegean Sea locally 8 Beaufort with gradual weakening from noon.

From now onwards we will have a slight breeze, with a slight breeze from noon to noon, and from noon to noon, with a slight breeze from north to south.

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The temperature will rise slightly. Local frost will occur in the early morning hours in the northern continental areas.

On Thursday, generally clear weather throughout the country. Winds will blow from the north, in the west 3 to 4 and in the east 4 to 6 Beaufort. The temperature will rise further.

On Friday, generally clear weather throughout the country. Winds will blow from the north at 3 to 4 and in the Aegean Sea locally 5 Beaufort. The temperature will not change significantly.

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