Increased concentrations of African dust in the country – Watch video of the cloudy veil covering Athens

The familiar, golden-colored “veil” successful the ambiance has been facing the country’s citizens since Friday greeting owed to the concentrations of African particulate that, according to the Athens National Observatory, are expanding these days.

“The atmospheric circulation favors the transport of African dust towards our country. The concentrations are not precise large, but they go disposable arsenic a veil, giving dull colors to the atmosphere. Most of the particulate volition proceed implicit the adjacent 2 days, but volition subside by the opening of adjacent week,” notes Kostas Lagovardos, meteorologist and manager of probe astatine the National Observatory of Athens.

The upwind tomorrow

According to meteo.gr, Good upwind conditions volition prevail crossed the state connected Saturday, September 13, with lone a fewer section clouds. During the midday hours, clouds successful the mountainous mainland volition increase, giving a fewer showers. African particulate concentrations volition stay somewhat elevated.

The somesthesia volition scope successful Western Macedonia from 12 to 28 degrees, successful the remainder of Macedonia and Thrace from 15 to 29-31 degrees, successful Thessaly from 16 to 31-33 degrees, successful Epirus from 16 to 32-34 degrees, successful Eastern Sterea and Evia from 17 to 30-32 degrees, successful the remainder of the mainland from 17 to 34-36 and locally 37 degrees, successful the Ionian Islands from 18 to 30-32 degrees, successful the Aegean islands and successful Crete from 17 to 29-31 degrees, portion locally successful the East Aegean islands the maximum volition scope 33 degrees Celsius.

The winds successful the Aegean volition stroke from the northbound with intensities up to 5 Beaufort, portion locally successful the South Aegean and successful the wider country of Kavodoro, they volition summation to a beardown 6 Beaufort. In the Ionian Sea, northwest winds volition stroke with intensities up to 4 Beaufort.

In the prefecture of Attica and the metropolis of Athens, we expect immoderate clouds. The winds volition stroke northbound northeast with intensities of 4-5 Beaufort and locally successful the eastbound 6 Beaufort. The somesthesia volition scope from 24 to 31-32 degrees Celsius.

In Thessaloniki, we expect sunshine with section clouds from midday. The winds volition stroke from adaptable directions with intensities of 2-3 Beaufort and during the hottest hours of the time southeast with intensities of 3-4 Beaufort. The somesthesia volition scope from 22 to 29 degrees.