Winter Returns to Northern Greece as Cold Front Arrives

A almighty acold beforehand moving southbound from the Balkans has brought wintry conditions to overmuch of bluish Greece, with snowfall, crisp somesthesia drops, and terrible upwind warnings from the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY).

The tempest strategy began affecting the state connected Sunday afternoon, arriving from the north. Temperatures successful parts of Central and Eastern Macedonia, including the Axios Valley and the Evros region, person already fallen significantly, according to information from Meteo.

Western Macedonia has besides been deed hard, with areas similar Florina and Kozani receiving dense snowfall.

Videos connected societal media amusement snow-covered streets and dense snowfall successful upland towns, portion upwind officials study melodramatic somesthesia drops.

“In conscionable six hours, we saw a 15°C driblet successful Florina,” meteorologist Thodoris Kolydas posted online.

Former EMY manager Nikos Kanteres told section outlet iefimerida.gr that the acold spell is expected to bring unstable conditions done Wednesday.

He forecast wide rainfall successful the lowlands, thunderstorms successful coastal areas, stronger bluish winds, and a somesthesia driblet of 6 to 8 degrees Celsius. Snow is expected successful mountainous regions of Central Greece.

In Athens, Mr. Kanteres said temperatures are apt to autumn to astir 11-12°C by Wednesday.

EMY has issued an exigency bulletin, informing of locally aggravated rainfall and thunderstorms, important somesthesia decline, and dense snow, peculiarly successful the mountainous and semi-mountainous areas of Macedonia and Thrace.