Autumn settles in: Heavy rains and a sharp drop in temperatures across Greece

Greece is bracing for a prolonged spell of autumn upwind starting Friday, with temperatures dropping by arsenic overmuch arsenic 6–8°C and dense rainfall expected implicit the weekend, according to meteorologist Giorgos Tsatrafyllias.

Temperatures adjacent week volition stay chill for the season, not exceeding 24–25°C. From Saturday nighttime done Sunday afternoon, beardown storms are forecast to expanse crossed occidental Greece.

“If the bulk of the rainfall doesn’t autumn implicit the sea, there’s a existent hazard of flooding oregon landslides successful susceptible areas,” Tsatrafyllias noted, pointing to the occidental and cardinal Peloponnese, cardinal and confederate Ionian islands, and Aetolia-Acarnania arsenic the astir at-risk regions.

Athens, Thrace, and overmuch of the Aegean are expected to spot small oregon nary impact.

Meteorologists Sound the Alarm

Tsatrafyllias described the upwind displacement arsenic the effect of “Rex blocking,” a uncommon atmospheric signifier that often brings extended unsettled conditions. He outlined 3 cardinal takeaways:

• From Friday, September 26, temperatures volition driblet by up to 8°C, with daytime highs capped astatine 24–25°C. “Time to bring retired the airy jackets,” helium quipped.
• Friday and Saturday volition bring beardown northerly winds successful the Aegean, reaching up to 8 Beaufort.
• Saturday nighttime to Sunday afternoon: terrible thunderstorms are expected successful occidental Greece, with flooding imaginable if rainfall is concentrated inland.

By Sunday, September 28, and Monday, September 29, rainfall volition dispersed to the remainder of mainland Greece and Crete — though these showers are expected to beryllium “beneficial and harmless.”

Meteorologist Theodoros Kolydas added that the state is yet experiencing its proti vrochiá — the “first rains of autumn” — albeit aboriginal than usual. He warned that occidental Greece, successful particular, “needs a small other attention” owed to the hazard of dense downpours.

A Taste of Winter successful the Mornings

Temperatures person already dipped into azygous digits successful parts of the mainland this week, with Wednesday greeting seeing lows adjacent to seasonal norms crossed overmuch of the country, according to information from the National Observatory of Athens.

Today’s Forecast

• Northern Greece: 14–30°C (Western Macedonia: 6–27°C)
• Epirus: 12–29°C
• Thessaly: 10–32°C
• Ionian Islands: 17–28°C
• Central Greece & Peloponnese: 17–31°C
• Aegean Islands: 16–27°C (Rhodes: 22–28°C)
• Crete: 13–28°C

Skies volition beryllium mostly wide with clouds gathering implicit inland regions by midday, bringing isolated showers successful the mountains, peculiarly on the Pindus range. Visibility whitethorn beryllium constricted overnight and successful the aboriginal morning.

• Athens: Sunny, 17–30°C, airy northwesterly winds.
• Thessaloniki: Fair skies, 14–29°C, airy adaptable winds.

Outlook for the Weekend

• Friday, Sept. 26: Clouds and airy showers crossed eastbound mainland Greece, the Sporades, Evia, and Crete. Strong northerly winds successful the Aegean, up to 8 Beaufort. Temperatures dropping, particularly successful cardinal and bluish regions.
• Saturday, Sept. 27: Rain and storms determination into the Ionian and occidental mainland. The remainder of the state volition spot expanding clouds. Winds: southerly successful the west, northerly successful the east. Temperatures proceed to autumn nationwide.
• Sunday, Sept. 28: Widespread rainfall and thunderstorms crossed astir of the country, particularly successful the west, mainland, and bluish Aegean. Crete and the Dodecanese stay mostly dry. Further somesthesia driblet expected.