Weather: Storms, cold and dust hit the country, the 4 dangerous areas – Snow in Kithairona and Parnitha

Three antithetic upwind systems person been affecting Greece successful caller days, according to meteorologist George Tsatrafillia. He explains that the storms are moving successful from Italy, the acold aerial wide originates from Siberia, and African particulate is besides contiguous successful the atmosphere.

In a station contiguous (19 March 2026), helium warned that unsettled weather, including rainfall and thunderstorms, volition persist astatine slightest until the weekend.

According to Tsatrafillia, 4 regions volition beryllium astir affected by the terrible weather: occidental Greece, the Peloponnese, Crete, and the Dodecanese, which are expected to person the highest rainfall done Friday. Conditions are expected to amended from that constituent onward.

The Greek islands, peculiarly successful the southbound and southeast, volition acquisition the astir aggravated upwind phenomena.

As for temperatures, the acold is expected to highest connected Friday, earlier gradually easing implicit the weekend.

The ongoing atrocious upwind is not lone bringing little temperatures but besides wide rainfall and snowfall crossed overmuch of the country, according to today’s forecast by meteorologist Theodoros Kolydas.

How the upwind volition evolve

Thursday, 19 March:
Rain and storms volition chiefly impact the Ionian Sea, the Peloponnese, and gradually occidental Crete. In the confederate Ionian and occidental Peloponnese, conditions whitethorn go locally intense, with thunderstorms.

Friday, 20 March:
Rain volition persist successful eastbound and confederate areas. Crete and the Dodecanese volition beryllium astatine the halfway of thunderstorm activity, which is expected to gradually weaken aboriginal successful the day.

Saturday, 21 March:
Unstable upwind volition go much limited, chiefly affecting coastal and marine areas successful eastbound and confederate Greece.

Sunday, 22 March – Monday, 23 March:
Instability volition continue, with section showers, particularly successful mainland mountainous areas during the midday and day hours.

Weather outlook for March 25

According to Kolydas, unsettled conditions volition proceed intermittently into adjacent week.

Although the archetypal question of atrocious upwind is not expected to beryllium peculiarly severe, unit differences volition fortify northerly winds successful the Aegean, bringing cooler aerial masses.

Despite a flimsy emergence successful temperatures, rainfall is expected successful respective regions, including Attica, perchance affecting the March 25 nationalist vacation parades.