Weather: African dust and mini-summer with temperatures reaching 30°C – Which areas will be affected – Tuesday expected to be the toughest day

Warm weather is expected during the three-day play from Sunday, May 10, to Tuesday, May 12, with temperatures reaching summer-like levels and African dust remaining successful the atmosphere.

The heatwave is expected to highest connected Tuesday, erstwhile temperatures in respective parts of the state whitethorn scope arsenic precocious arsenic 34°C.

From Wednesday onward, however, temperatures are forecast to gradually decline, returning to much seasonally mean levels.

When the African particulate volition subside

African particulate volition proceed to impact the state implicit the coming days, chiefly successful mild concentrations. Although northerly winds prevail implicit the Aegean astatine little atmospheric levels, southerly winds astatine higher altitudes are favoring the transport of particulate from North Africa.

The caller particulate occurrence volition statesman successful occidental Greece and gradually dispersed eastward done Monday, portion different occurrence of anemic to mean strength is expected connected Tuesday. From Wednesday onward, the improvement is expected to go mostly confined to confederate Greece.

Local showers implicit mainland areas

For today, Sunday (10/5), forecasts bespeak locally accrued cloudiness with scattered rainfall showers chiefly implicit western, central, and bluish mainland regions, particularly successful mountainous areas. Brief showers are besides imaginable implicit the cardinal and confederate Ionian Sea, though nary terrible upwind phenomena are expected.

Winds volition gradually displacement to southerly directions from midday onward, favoring the transport of dust, portion upwind strength is not expected to transcend 3–4 Beaufort successful astir areas.

Temperatures supra mean seasonal levels

Temperatures volition proceed to rise, reaching 28–29°C crossed mainland areas today, portion immoderate places could locally grounds temperatures astir 30°C.

As aboriginal arsenic yesterday, Saturday (9/5), peculiarly precocious temperatures for the play were recorded successful Heraklion, wherever the somesthesia reached 31.7°C.

Attica: Up to 32°C connected Tuesday

In Attica, sunny conditions are expected with a fewer clouds becoming temporarily denser during the afternoon. Temperatures contiguous volition scope astir 27°C, but a noticeable summation is expected by Tuesday, erstwhile the mercury could ascent to 31–32°C.