African dust returns, bringing prolonged heat. Today, Friday, the western and southern parts of Greece are affected.

The warm air masses from Africa will impact more regions over the next few days, at least until the middle of next week, when temperatures will slowly begin to decline.

The phenomena are driven by the jet stream, which, according to a previous explanation by Thodoris Kolydas, “are created by a combination of atmospheric heating and the Earth’s rotation around its axis. This upper atmospheric flow, along with the nearly gale-force southerly winds blowing in the west, will cause the transport of African dust and high temperatures in our region until the beginning of next week.”

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The areas that will be most affected are the central and southern parts of the country.

In western Greece, the hottest day is expected to be Monday, with temperatures in western Sterea and western Peloponnese reaching locally 34 to 35 degrees.

In eastern Greece, the hottest days are expected to be Tuesday and Wednesday, with temperatures in eastern Sterea, eastern Peloponnese, and Crete locally reaching 32 to 35 degrees.