A weather system, called INES as named by the Italian Meteorological Service, from the coast of Tunisia moving northeast is forecast to cause a deterioration of the weather in our country, from today, Thursday (15-5-2025) at night and until the early hours of Saturday (17-5-2025), with locally heavy rain and thunderstorms in western, central and northern Greece and very strong winds in eastern and southern Greece.

More detailed forecasts:

A. Heavy showers and thunderstorms

1. during the night of Thursday (15-05-25) to Friday (16-05-25) in the area of Kefalonia, Zakynthos, Ithaca, northwestern Peloponnese, western and central Sterea and Thessaly

2. on Friday (16-05-25) from midday until evening in the northern Ionian Sea (Corfu, Diapontia Islands, Paxos, Lefkada), Epirus, western Central Greece, western and central Macedonia

3. from Friday afternoon (16-05-25) until Saturday morning (17-05-25) in eastern Macedonia, Thrace and the northeastern Aegean (Lemnos area).

B. Locally gusty southeast winds (8 to gusts 9 Beaufort) on Friday (16-05-25) in the Aegean Sea and Crete and until noon in the southern Ionian Sea and the southern Peloponnese.

C. Meteorological conditions favor the transport of African dust in the southern part of the country (mainly in Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese and southern Peloponnese).