Severe weather: Sudden turn with snow in Macedonia – Municipalities on alert

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The upwind volition stay astir springlike until tomorrow, Saturday, with precocious humidity, localized fog, a fewer scattered showers, and elevated temperatures. However, a crisp alteration is expected starting Sunday.

Snowfall whitethorn hap arsenic aboriginal arsenic precocious Sunday night, adjacent successful Thessaloniki, according to the latest meteorological forecasts. Municipalities successful Thessaloniki are preparing for the imminent terrible weather.

Weather Developments and Forecast by Ziakopoulos

A acold beforehand stretching from the Baltic Sea to Northern Italy is moving eastward, portion high-pressure systems predominate North Africa and Turkey. Under these conditions, occidental winds up to 5 Beaufort volition prevail successful Greece today, Friday, alongside unseasonably precocious temperatures. In the morning, inland areas whitethorn acquisition fog, with airy rainfall chiefly successful Western Greece and the Eastern Aegean.

On Saturday, January 11, localized clouds and scattered showers are forecast, chiefly successful Northwestern Greece, Northern Greece, the Eastern Aegean, and the Dodecanese. Winds volition stroke southwest to northwest astatine 4-6 Beaufort, shifting to northeast by evening successful the northeastern Aegean. Temperatures volition driblet successful bluish areas.

On Sunday, January 12, important upwind changes are expected, featuring rain, localized thunderstorms (mainly successful the west), and snowfall successful mountainous areas. In Northern Greece, peculiarly successful Central and Western Macedonia, snowfall whitethorn autumn successful areas with comparatively debased altitudes. Rain successful the eastbound and confederate islands volition mostly beryllium localized and weak. Winds volition beryllium northeasterly successful cardinal and bluish regions and southerly elsewhere, reaching 7 Beaufort. Temperatures volition driblet successful cardinal and bluish parts of the country.

Cities Likely to Experience Snow from Sunday Night to Monday Noon

Veria
Edessa
Kavala
Komotini
Kilkis
Thessaloniki

Western Macedonia Group: (Kastoria, Kozani, Grevena, Florina).

Snowplows Ready with Engines Warmed Up

Authorities are connected alert and person already made the indispensable preparations successful lawsuit of dense snowfall. Salt sacks are ready, and snowplow engines are “warming up.”

“We are afloat prepared and monitoring forecasts,” stated Ignatios Kaitezidis, Mayor of Pylaia-Hortiatis and President of the Central Macedonia Regional Municipalities Association, successful an interrogation with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.

With 21 snowplows and 2,000 tons of salt, the municipality is prepared for immoderate scenario. Hortiatis, arsenic the archetypal country to “turn white,” is simply a priority. Should the forecasts beryllium accurate, an SMS alert volition beryllium sent to residents with extortion measures and accusation connected municipal spaces that volition stay unfastened to service the nationalist during the emergency.

Thessaloniki Municipality Awaiting Weather Update

In Thessaloniki, Deputy Mayor for Sanitation, Recycling, and Civil Protection, Giorgos Dimarelos, told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency yesterday that preparations are complete, and the updated upwind bulletin is present awaited.

The cardinal municipality’s instrumentality is ready, arsenic is the brackish proviso for immoderate contingency. Depending connected the weather’s evolution, determination whitethorn beryllium changes to the routes for greenish and bluish bin collection.

Today’s Weather

Localized clouds are expected crossed the country. In Western Greece, the islands of the Eastern Aegean, and the Dodecanese, clouds volition beryllium denser, with a fewer light, scattered showers. Visibility volition beryllium constricted successful galore areas astatine nighttime and aboriginal morning, with localized fog.

Temperatures:

Western Macedonia: -2°C to 14°C
Northern Greece: 2°C to 15-16°C
Thessaly: 2°C to 16-18°C
Epirus: 4°C to 17-18°C
Other mainland regions: 7°C to 17-19°C
Ionian Islands: 11°C to 17°C
Aegean Islands and Crete: 9°C to 17-19°C

Winds:
- Central, Eastern, and Northern Aegean: Southwest astatine 4-5 Beaufort
- Southern Aegean: Westerly astatine 4-5 Beaufort
- Ionian: Initially southwest astatine 4-5 Beaufort, aboriginal shifting to westerly with the aforesaid intensity.

Athens: Periods of accrued clouds. Limited visibility astatine nighttime and aboriginal morning. Winds from the westbound astatine 3-4 Beaufort. Temperature: 11°C to 17°C.

Thessaloniki: Intermittent clouds. Limited visibility astatine nighttime and aboriginal morning. Winds of assorted directions astatine 2-3 Beaufort. Temperature: 7°C to 14°C.

Saturday, January 11, 2025

Intermittent clouds crossed the country. Rain is expected successful Western, Northern Greece, and the eastern/southern Aegean. Morning visibility volition beryllium locally limited.

Winds:

Western and confederate areas: Westerly astatine 4-6 Beaufort
Other areas: Northeasterly astatine 3-4 Beaufort, expanding to 5-6 Beaufort successful the northeast by afternoon.Temperatures: Drop successful the north, remaining unseasonably precocious successful cardinal and confederate regions.

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Increased clouds and rainfall nationwide. Scattered thunderstorms, chiefly successful the west, and snowfall successful the occidental mountains. By evening, snowfall volition scope bluish low-altitude areas and cardinal mountainous regions.

Winds:

North: Northeasterly astatine 5-6 Beaufort, expanding to 7-8 Beaufort successful the bluish Aegean from noon.
Other areas: Southerly astatine 4-6 Beaufort.Temperatures: A further 4-5°C driblet successful bluish and cardinal regions.

Monday, January 13, 2025

Increased clouds with rainfall nationwide. Scattered thunderstorms successful the Ionian, temporarily successful the eastbound mainland and northeastern Aegean. Snowfall successful mountainous areas and bluish highlands.