More rain, wind, dust forecast for the south

Heavy rainfall, strong winds and debased visibility owed to wind-borne northbound African particulate will impact southern Greece Friday, with a gradual betterment successful the days starring up to Orthodox Easter.

In the Greater Athens portion there whitethorn beryllium rainfall successful the afternoon.

Local storms are forecast successful the southern and western Peloponnese, southern and western Crete, the Dodecanese and the eastbound Aegean Sea islands, while gale-force winds will lash parts of the Aegean.

Strong concentrations of particulate from the Sahara will obscure visibility successful Crete, the Dodecanese and the Cyclades.

Scattered rains are expected successful overmuch of continental Greece aboriginal Friday, while snow will autumn astatine precocious altitudes.

The temperature will stay mostly unchanged, reaching a precocious of 18 degrees Celsius successful Crete.

Saturday’s weather is besides expected to beryllium volatile, with rainfall and debased visibility, a driblet successful the winds and a emergence successful temperature.