Weather: showers today in the eastern Aegean islands and the Dodecanese

Unsettled Weather Today – Gradual Improvement from Thursday

The upwind volition stay unsettled today, with showers continuing done the morning successful the Cyclades and eastern Aegean islands. Temperatures volition enactment beneath seasonal averages. From Thursday, conditions are expected to gradually improve, accompanied by a slight emergence successful temperature.

Heaviest Rainfall Recorded successful Kea

According to forecast data, the Aegean islands and northeastern parts of the mainland were astir affected by the caller spell of atrocious upwind up to 5:40 p.m. connected Tuesday, October 7.
The map below (from the National Observatory of Athens / meteo.gr) shows the organisation of cumulative rainfall up to that time, on with the eight upwind stations that recorded the highest precipitation levels.
The heaviest rainfall was recorded connected the land of Kea, reaching 49.2 millimeters.

Today’s Forecast

Central, eastern, and bluish mainland regions volition spot scattered showers, with heavier rainfall expected successful Thrace, wherever isolated thunderstorms whitethorn besides occur.
Showers and storms volition besides impact the Aegean islands and Crete, with locally aggravated phenomena expected successful the Cyclades, eastern Aegean islands, and the Dodecanese.
Weather conditions volition gradually improve from midday successful astir mainland areas, and from the afternoon successful the Aegean islands.

Temperatures:

• Western Macedonia: 5–13°C

• Rest of Macedonia & Thrace: 7–18°C

• Thessaly: 8–21°C

• Epirus: 7–19°C

• Other mainland regions: 9–21°C

• Ionian Islands: 10–20°C

• Most Aegean islands: 12–19°C

• Crete: 12–23°C

Winds:

• Aegean Sea: Northwest 5–6 Beaufort, turning westerly successful confederate parts with akin strength.

• Ionian Sea: Northwest 6–7 Beaufort.

Attica (Athens):
Partly cloudy with northwesterly winds astatine 3–5 Beaufort.
Temperature: 12–19°C.

Thessaloniki:
Cloudy with airy showers until noon, improving later.
Northwesterly winds astatine 4–5 Beaufort.
Temperature: 10–16°C.

Outlook

Thursday, October 9:
Mostly wide skies, with immoderate clouds and a fewer section showers until midday successful the Aegean and Thrace.
Winds: Northwest 3–5 Beaufort.
Temperatures: Rising slightly, reaching 22–24°C successful astir areas.

Friday, October 10:
Generally wide with occasional cloudiness, denser successful the west.
Winds: Northerly 3–5 Beaufort successful the eastbound Aegean, adaptable 3–4 Beaufort elsewhere.
Temperatures: Slight further rise.

Saturday, October 11:
Mostly clear, with immoderate clouds processing implicit the mainland during midday and afternoon.
Winds: North to northwest 3–5 Beaufort, locally up to 6 Beaufort astatine sea.
Temperatures: Little alteration expected.