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Weather: How the bad weather ‘express’ will move – The areas to be on alert from tomorrow at noon

Stormy weather and strong winds until Saturday - Risk of flooding in certain geographical areas

Newsroom April 18 03:45

For a strong but short “wave” of bad weather with strong phenomena until noon on Saturday, EMY warned at noon on Thursday with an emergency weather bulletin.

The meteorologists sound the alarm for the upcoming bad weather which is expected to hit our country, with the main features of heavy rainfall and a significant drop in temperature up to 10 ° C.

As the latest forecast models show, the “polar air storm” will significantly change the weather scenario.

The meteorologist George Tsatrafyllias, notified the areas that should be on alert for the possibility of sudden flooding or landslides ( mainly the vulnerable areas ).

Specifically, as stated:

Friday noon (after 15.00) until Saturday morning (01.00-02.00):

-Epiros, Aitoloakarnania, North Ionian, Thessaly (all the affected areas), Grevena, Kozani, Kastoria, Florina, Sporades, b.Evia, Fthiotida, Lesvos, Chios.

Saturday dawn to noon (12.00):

Magnesia, Evia, Sporades, Halkidiki, Aegean, Dodecanese

-Dangerously in near-water areas,

-Attica does not seem to be particularly affected.

The emergency weather bulletin

A barometric low tomorrow Friday (19-04-24) in the west, accompanied by fronts, will move eastwards and is forecast to cause a deterioration of the weather in most of the country from mid-morning on Friday until noon on Saturday (20-04-24) with heavy rain and thunderstorms, accompanied by a high frequency of lightning and local hailstorms.

The intense phenomena that will start from the west, will quickly extend to the central and northern mainland, the Sporades, Evia, the Cyclades and later to the eastern Aegean and the Dodecanese.

Winds will be stronger and will reach 7 and locally 8 Beaufort.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast:

On Friday (19-04-24)

a. From the afternoon hours in the Ionian Islands, Epirus and western Central Greece.
b. From late afternoon in Thessaly, eastern Central Greece and the Peloponnese (mainly in the western parts of the Peloponnese).
c. In the evening hours the phenomena will extend further east and will affect areas of central and eastern Macedonia (n. Pieria, n. Thessaloniki, n. Halkidiki as well as in the marine – coastal areas of Serres and Kavala), eastern Sterea, Sporades, Evia, Cyclades and the islands of the eastern Aegean.
d. Gradual weakening of the phenomena is expected in the evening hours in the Ionian Sea and the western mainland.

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On Saturday (20-04-24)

a. Until the morning hours in Thessaly, the Sporades, areas of central and eastern Macedonia (Pieria, Thessaloniki, Halkidiki as well as in the marine – coastal areas of the region of Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Halkidiki and in coastal areas of the region of the Serres and Kavala), the islands of the eastern Aegean and in places the eastern Sterea and Evia.
b. From early morning until midday in the Dodecanese.

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