Weather: Cold invasion in progress, snow in northern Greece – Thessaloniki dawned with a snowstorm, snow in northern Greece

The cold invasion has been underway since past night, having draped respective areas of northern Greece successful white. From the aboriginal greeting hours snowfall volition besides hap successful the mountainous and semi-mountainous parts of Central Greece. Still, rainfall volition hap successful astir of the state and sporadic thunderstorms successful the northeast, portion the phenomena volition statesman to weaken from the afternoon.

In addition, the temperature drop, which is expected to beryllium successful the bid of 10°C, volition beryllium felt astir contiguous successful the cardinal and bluish parts of the country. From Tuesday 08/04 the remainder of Greece volition beryllium affected, portion frost volition persist successful galore areas of the bluish portion of the country, chiefly successful the greeting and evening hours, until Friday 11/04.

According to the updated Special Weather Forecast issued connected Saturday (05-04-2025)

Sometimes dense rainfall and thunderstorms

– On Monday (07-04-2025) until noon connected the islands of the East Aegean.

– Locally dense rainfall successful the greeting hours of Monday (07-04-2025) successful eastbound Thessaly, Sporades and bluish Evia.

In immoderate places dense snowfall

– Until noon connected Monday successful the mountains and semi-mountains of Thrace and Macedonia (areas with an altitude of 400 meters and above) and locally successful the prefecture of Evros and successful lowland areas.

– In the greeting hours of Monday (07-04-2025) successful the mountains of Epirus and Thessaly.

Noticeable driblet successful somesthesia successful Macedonia and Thrace and gradually contiguous and Tuesday successful cardinal and confederate Greece. Frost successful bluish Greece successful the evening hours of Monday (07-04-2025) and successful the interior of each mainland Greece successful the greeting and evening hours of Tuesday and Wednesday and successful the greeting hours of Thursday.

Florina, Drama, Kastoria, Kozani and Thessaloniki

Florina has been dressed successful achromatic since yesterday evening, arsenic determination was dense snowfall adjacent successful the city. In fact, schools volition unfastened contiguous astatine 9:15 successful the greeting by determination of the politician of the city.

Shortly earlier 2 a.m. Monday morning, it started snowing successful Thessaloniki, arsenic seen successful this video from Forecast Weather.

Heavy snowfall from precocious Sunday nighttime successful Kastoria, Kozani and Drama.

Thodoros Kolydas says successful a station that successful Florina “in conscionable 6 hours the somesthesia dropped by 15 degrees.”

Hail successful Halkidiki

Heavy hail occurred yesterday successful bluish Halkidiki, with the phenomena being peculiarly aggravated successful the country of Paleochori and Megali Panagia.

As seen successful the video by ergoxalkidikis.gr, hail covered the roadworthy from the roadworthy connecting the 2 villages. Drivers were forced to trim velocity owed to the slipperiness, portion the strength of the hail caused a impermanent simplification successful visibility.

The upwind forecast until Friday 11/4

Monday 7/4

WARNINGS

Heavy showers and thunderstorms connected the eastbound Aegean islands until midday.
Heavy rainfall successful the greeting hours successful eastbound Thessaly, Sporades, and bluish Evia.

Noticeable driblet successful somesthesia and occasional dense snowfall successful the greeting hours successful the mountains of Thessaly and Epirus and until noon successful the mountains and semi-mountains of Macedonia and Thrace with an altitude of 400 meters and supra and locally successful the prefecture of Evros and successful lowland areas. Frost successful the bluish portion of the state successful the evening hours

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Clouds, partially expanding successful astir of the state with section rainfall and successful the eastbound sporadic thunderstorms. The phenomena volition beryllium locally beardown until the greeting successful eastbound Thessaly, the Sporades and bluish Evia and until noon connected the islands of the eastbound Aegean.

Snowfall volition hap successful the bluish mountains – semi-mountains which volition beryllium dense successful the greeting hours successful the mountains of Epirus and Thessaly and until noon successful areas of Macedonia and Thrace with an altitude of 400 meters and supra and locally successful the prefecture of Evros and successful lowland areas.

The phenomena volition gradually weaken from the day successful astir areas of the bluish portion of the state and volition halt successful the west.

The winds volition stroke from the northbound 4 to 6 and successful the seas locally 7 Beaufort and lone successful the confederate Aegean Sea until noon volition prevail southwest winds 4 to 6 Beaufort.

The somesthesia volition driblet importantly successful the cardinal and bluish regions, wherever it volition scope 10 to 14 degrees Celsius. In the remainder of the state 17 to 19 degrees Celsius and successful Crete 20 to 21 degrees Celsius. Frost volition hap successful the evening hours successful the bluish mainland.

Tuesday 8/4

In the eastbound portion of the state expanding cloudiness with section rainfall and successful the southbound isolated thunderstorms. In the remainder of the regions a fewer clouds successful immoderate places. Winds volition stroke northbound northeast 4 to 5 and successful the oversea locally 6 Beaufort.

The somesthesia volition driblet somewhat further and successful the cardinal and bluish areas volition beryllium debased for the season. Frost volition hap successful the greeting and evening hours successful the cardinal and bluish continents.

Wednesday 9/4

In the westbound and south, expanding clouds with section rainfall and, chiefly successful the Peloponnese, isolated thunderstorms. In the remainder of the state a fewer clouds, partially expanding successful the midday and day hours connected the mainland. A small snowfall volition autumn successful the mountains. Winds volition stroke north-northwest 4 to 6 and successful the oversea locally 7 Beaufort. The somesthesia volition not alteration importantly and volition stay debased for the season. Frost volition hap successful the greeting and evening hours connected the mainland.

Thursday 10/4

A fewer clouds, partially cloudy, initially successful the eastbound and from midday connected the mainland with a accidental of section rain. Some snowfall volition autumn successful the mountains. Winds volition stroke north-northwest 4 to 5 and successful the southeast 6 locally 7 Beaufort. The somesthesia volition emergence somewhat towards the maximum. Frost volition hap successful the greeting hours connected the mainland.

Friday 11/4

A fewer clouds, partially cloudy, initially successful the eastbound and from midday connected the mainland with a accidental of section rainfall successful the confederate mainland, Crete and the Aegean islands. Winds volition stroke north-northwest 4 to 5 Beaufort and occasionally 6 to 7 Beaufort. The somesthesia volition emergence slightly. Frost volition hap successful the greeting hours connected the mainland.

Civil Protection’s recommendations to citizens successful presumption of atrocious weather

The Civil Protection is making recommendations to citizens, successful presumption of the worsening weather, to beryllium peculiarly careful, ensuring that they instrumentality measures to support themselves from the risks arising from the onset of terrible upwind phenomena.

The General Secretariat of Civil Protection (civilprotection.gov.gr) of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection has informed the applicable authorities departments involved, arsenic good arsenic the regions and municipalities of the country, successful bid to beryllium successful accrued readiness for civilian protection, successful bid to woody instantly with the effects of the outbreak of terrible upwind phenomena.

At the aforesaid time, according to a connection by the Fire Department, operational plans are being implemented to code the risks of flooding and snowfall and their accompanying phenomena, portion the Fire Services of the areas wherever the phenomena are expected to hap person been enactment successful a authorities of accrued readiness and further escalation if required, successful bid to instantly code immoderate problems.

In particular, successful areas wherever dense rainfall, thunderstorms oregon gusty winds are expected, the General Secretariat of Civil Protection recommends that citizens:

* To unafraid objects which, if carried distant by terrible upwind phenomena, whitethorn origin harm oregon injuries.

* Ensure that residential gutters and downspouts are unclogged and functioning properly.

* Avoid crossing streams and creeks, connected ft oregon by vehicle, during storms and rainstorms and for respective hours aft they person ended. Particular attraction is needed astatine roadworthy crossings wherever the roadworthy crosses streams and determination is nary bridge.

* Avoid outdoor enactment and activities successful marine and coastal areas during the outbreak of terrible upwind events (risk of lightning strikes).

* Take structure instantly during a hailstorm. Take structure successful a gathering oregon car and bash not permission the harmless country until they are definite the tempest has passed. Hail tin beryllium precise unsafe for animals arsenic well.

* Avoid crossing nether ample trees, nether posted signs, and mostly from areas wherever airy objects (e.g., pots, breached glass, etc.) tin go detached and autumn to the crushed (e.g., nether balconies).

* Strictly travel the instructions of the section authorities, specified arsenic postulation constabulary etc.

In areas wherever snowfall and frost is forecasted:

If they are to question by car:

* To beryllium informed astir the upwind and the information of the roadworthy network

* Have anti-slip chains and a afloat vessel of substance successful their vehicle

* Travel, if necessary, preferably during the day, preferably connected main roads

If moving connected foot:

* Dress successful respective layers of airy covering alternatively of 1 dense garment and deterioration due shoes to debar injuries owed to slipperiness

* Avoid unnecessary question during highest upwind conditions (heavy snowfall, freezing conditions)