Bad weather “Ianos”: Because “Ianos” hit Thessaly savagely

the floods in Thessaly turning out so far two dead, surprised scientists observing its course bad weather “Janos”, which was battered by storms and stormy winds Kefalonia, Zakynthos, Ithaca, Acaya and Ilia.

According to scientists, “Janos” was much more likely to hit her Euboea in spite of the Thessaly how it happened.

Associate Professor of Meteorology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ioannis Pytharoulis explain to protothema.gr why Ianos came to Thessaly.

“Because we know that at barometric minima the wind moves counterclockwise and at the same time the center of the system was yesterday in Western Greece, near the coast of Western Greece, this means that the east winds enriched with water vapor came from Aegean region Thessaly and Eastern Sterea Especially in areas where there is a strong terminology, on the windward sides, that is, where the wind comes from, upward movements and creation are favored. heavy rains resulting in the creation of a new bad weather zone.

“We considered that it was more likely to hit Evia than Thessaly, and this is because specialized forecasting systems are needed for such weather events,” explains to protothema.gr Mr. Ioannis Pytharoulis.

In the next few hours, according to him Ioannis Pytharoulis, is expected to affect Crete, mainly the western parts of Crete and then at noon on Sunday Janos appears to be heading to Libya where it will be disbanded.

See the four weather scenarios of the National Observatory of Athens. The white field showed Ianos advancing towards the center of Greece, as can be seen in the photo published two days ago by protothema.gr.

IANOS is on his way to Crete

According to the latest forecast data from the National Observatory of Athens / Meteo.gr, IANOS, whose center is in the South Ionian, is expected to move south on Saturday 09/19 and then southeast with its effects gradually . Limited to southern parts of the country. From the afternoon of Saturday 09/19 to Sunday 09/20, IANOS will affect Crete.

The following video presents consecutive forecast maps of accumulated precipitation from IANOS as of Sunday night 09/20, indicating both the movement of the system and the areas that will be most affected.