Two barometric lows from Italy will bring high rainfall mainly in western and northern Greece, but without affecting the conduct of the Classical Marathon of Athens (8 and 9/11), according to meteorologists.

Cloudy weather will be over the next two days in the country, with scattered showers and local thunderstorms, according to the National Meteorological Service forecast. According to meteorologist Giorgos Tsatrafillias, two successive barometric lows coming from Italy are expected to significantly affect western and northern Greece, bringing heavy rainfall.

The first wave of bad weather will start at dawn Saturday and last until Sunday morning, causing heavy rain and thunderstorms mainly in the western parts. From Sunday until Monday, a second low from Italy will again cause severe weather in the same areas, while in the remaining parts of the country the weather will remain relatively mild.

Winds will be southerly with intensities of up to 6-7 Beaufort, also carrying amounts of African dust towards the southernmost areas. Temperatures will not show any significant change, remaining at normal levels for the season.

The meteorologist warns that in western Greece, where the rains will last for several hours, soils will become over-saturated, increasing the risk of localised flooding in vulnerable areas. At the same time, as it clarifies, Attica will not be affected by the severe weather, which means that the Athens Classic Marathon on Sunday 9 November will take place normally and without problems.

In the same vein, Thodoris Kolydas also has a prognosis, referring to the two new barometric lows, but reassuring those who intend to run the Athens Marathon.

“Strongly wintry weather conditions for the third ten days of the month are given by our global forecast system “Heracles”,” meteorologist Klearhos Marousakis said in a post.

Today’s weather

Local showers are expected. There is a chance of local thunderstorms for parts of the south-eastern Aegean. From the evening and early morning hours of Saturday 08/11, showers and thunderstorms in the west are expected to intensify.

The temperature will range in Western Macedonia from 5 to 14 degrees Celsius, in the rest of Macedonia and Thrace from 1 to 18-19 degrees Celsius, in Thessaly from 4 to 17-18 degrees Celsius, in Epirus from 5 to 20 degrees Celsius, in the rest of the mainland from 4 to 20 degrees Celsius, in the Ionian Islands from 11 to 19 degrees Celsius and in the Aegean islands and Crete from 12 to 20-21 degrees Celsius.

In the Aegean Sea the winds will initially blow north with intensities up to 4-5 Beaufort with gradual weakening, while from the evening hours they will shift to south winds with intensities up to 2-3 and locally up to 4 Beaufort. In the Ionian Sea the winds will blow from the south with intensities up to 4-5 Beaufort.

In the prefecture of Attica some clouds are expected with the possibility of local rain in the north of the prefecture. Winds will initially blow north with intensities up to 2-3 Beaufort and east of the prefecture up to 4 Beaufort, while from the afternoon hours south winds with intensities up to 2-3 Beaufort are expected. The temperature will range from 14 to 19-20 degrees Celsius.

In Thessaloniki, some clouds are expected with the possibility of local rain. Winds will blow from the south in general directions with intensities up to 2-3 Beaufort. The temperature will range from 12 to 17-18 degrees Celsius.

The weather on Saturday, November 8

Initially in the Ionian Sea, Epirus, western Sterea, western Peloponnese, gradually in central Macedonia and from the evening hours in eastern Macedonia, Thrace and the islands of the north-eastern Aegean Sea increasing clouds with showers and occasional thunderstorms. In the rest of the mainland, the eastern Aegean islands and the Dodecanese, partly cloudy with local showers. In the Cyclades and Crete, thin clouds, occasionally more dense. Visibility in the morning and evening hours will be locally limited.

Winds will blow from southern directions 4 to 5 Beaufort and occasionally in the northern seas locally 6 Beaufort.

The temperature will rise slightly in the south. It will reach in the north 18 to 19 degrees and locally 20 degrees, in the rest of the regions 20 to 22 and locally in the Cyclades, Crete and the Dodecanese 23 to 24 degrees Celsius.

The weather on Sunday, November 9

In the west and the north clouds, partly cloudy with local showers and mainly in the Ionian Sea and until noon in the northeastern Aegean Sea sporadic thunderstorms. In the rest of the mainland a few clouds, partly cloudy, with local showers. In the Cyclades, Crete and the Dodecanese, thin clouds, occasionally more dense. Visibility in the morning and evening hours will be locally limited.

Winds will blow south southeast at 4 to 5 Beaufort and in the Ionian Sea at 6 to 7 Beaufort.

The temperature will rise slightly further.