Stable weather will continue over the next few days with African dust and 30s returning from Friday, however.

According to the Star’s meteorologist former director of the National Weather Service, Thodoros Kolydas, it is the successive disturbances in the upper atmosphere and the accompanying cold masses (at 500hPa) that will cause the unsettled weather on the mainland, but the subtropical airstorm exists only in our broad region, which has shifted further south and is “cutting across” the coast of North Africa. But on Friday it will shift further north and we’ll have dust and warming temperatures mostly in the south at the same time.

In a new post, Kolydas notes that from Thursday to Friday we will be affected by a low coming from the coast of Africa and the Central Mediterranean.

Giorgos Tsatrafyllias also speaks of a new episode of African dust from Friday in his forecast. According to the Alpha meteorologist, the dust “will affect central and southern Greece. It will also bring heat ONLY in the southernmost parts. In northern Crete we will again exceed 32-33 degrees.”

More than 4000 power outages yesterday on the mainland

Thunderstorms occurred on Tuesday 13/05, mainly in the mainland of the country. The phenomena were accompanied by significant electrical activity. According to the recordings of the Lightning Imager instrument of the Meteosat-12 meteorological satellite, from the beginning of the twenty-four hour period until 19:00 GMT, 4072 electrical discharges were recorded over the country’s continental areas. Discharges are defined as the sum of these including lightning (cloud-to-ground discharges), cloud-to-cloud discharges and cloud-to-air discharges.

Today’s weather

From the beginning of the day local showers and possibly sporadic thunderstorms will occur in areas of central, eastern and northern Greece and in the Sporades. From midday onwards, the unstable weather will be found in the continental parts where local showers and occasional thunderstorms will occur, with more intense phenomena in the mountains.

The temperature will range in Western Macedonia from 5 to 19 degrees Celsius, in the rest of Macedonia and Thrace from 8 to 21-22 degrees Celsius, in Thessaly from 11 to 22-24 degrees Celsius, in Epirus from 12 to 24-25 degrees Celsius, in the rest of the mainland from 12 to 24-26 degrees Celsius, in the Ionian Islands from 14 to 25 degrees Celsius and in the Aegean Islands and Crete from 13 to 22-24 degrees Celsius.

From 13 to 22 degrees Celsius and from 22 to 22 degrees Celsius from the south-eastern part of Greece.
The winds will blow in the Aegean from northwestern directions with intensities of 4-5 Beaufort and possibly locally in the southern seas 6 Beaufort, while in the area of Kastelorizo western winds with intensities of 6-7 Beaufort will prevail. In the Ionian Sea the winds will be westerly with intensities of 3-4 Beaufort.

In Attica we expect intermittent clouds with a possibility of light rain in the early morning and after noon. Winds will blow from the north with intensities 2-4 Beaufort. The temperature will range from 17 to 25 degrees Celsius.

In Thessaloniki we expect light rain mainly until dawn and after noon. Winds will blow south southeast with intensities 2-4 Beaufort. The temperature will range from 13 to 20 degrees Celsius.

The weather on Thursday (15/05)

Thin clouds that will quickly thicken in the west and from the afternoon hours there will be local showers in the Ionian Sea and the mainland, mainly in the mountains. Sporadic thunderstorms will occur in the west from the evening. At night the phenomena will extend eastwards and will affect the eastern mainland, Euboea, the Cyclades and Crete.

Winds will blow in the west east southeast 3 to 5 and from the afternoon in the Ionian Sea 6 Beaufort. In the southeastern Aegean Sea the winds will be northwestern 5 to 6 Beaufort with gradual weakening and in the rest of the country from northern directions 3 to 5 Beaufort, gradually turning to southeastern with the same intensity.

The temperature will rise slightly and will reach 20 to 22 degrees Celsius in the north and 23 to 25 degrees Celsius in the rest of the regions.

The weather on Friday (16/05)

In the northern Ionian Sea and the central and northern mainland, increasing clouds with rain and mainly in the northwest sporadic thunderstorms. In the rest of the country thin clouds, sometimes more dense, with occasional local rain and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

Winds will blow east southeast 4 to 6 and in the sea locally 7 Beaufort, gradually in the central and southern parts south with the same intensity.

The temperature will drop slightly in the north and rise slightly in the south.

The weather on Saturday (17/05)

In the Ionian, western and northern mainland clouds with showers and occasional thunderstorms, possibly heavy in places, weakening from the afternoon. In the rest of the country, thin clouds, sometimes more dense in the eastern mainland and the islands of the northern Aegean with local rain and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

Winds will blow in the west, central and northern areas west northwestern 4 to 5 Beaufort and in the remaining areas from southern directions 5 to 6, occasionally locally 7 Beaufort.

The temperature will not change significantly.

The weather on Sunday (18/05)

The weather will be generally clear. In the midday and afternoon hours clouds will develop in the northern mountains and local rain is possible.

Winds will blow west northwest 3 to 5 and locally in the south 6 Beaufort.

The temperature will not change significantly.