Bad Weather “Ianos”: Storms and Stormy Winds Ahead – Which Areas Will Be Affected [χάρτες]



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The bad weather “Ianos” -the first of this autumn- will affect our country as of tomorrow Thursday, due to an atmospheric disturbance in the Central Mediterranean region, which is expected to gradually increase significantly, according to the latest forecasts by the Athens National Observatory (EAA) /Meteo.gr, as well as forecast models available from other organizations.

Satellite image of the European meteorological satellite “Meteosat-11” of the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) on Wednesday 09/16/2020 at 08:55. local time, edited by the National Observatory of Athens / meteo.gr. Cloud tops with temperatures below -50 degrees Celsius are in shades of red.

The principal caracteristics

The main characteristics of “Ianos”, as he baptized the bad weather, will be the heavy rains, especially in the Ionian and the south of the country, storms in some places and very stormy winds, especially in the parts of the sea, where can reach storm levels.

The Observatory scientists point out that due to the uncertainty of the forecasts during the transition periods and due to the current position of the atmospheric disturbance, being located over the sea, the path it will follow over our country is not yet clear.

Janus’ possible orbits

The following map presents the 4 most prevalent scenarios in terms of the trajectory that the center of the barometric low will follow until 03:00 am on Saturday 09/19.

It is not ruled out that “Janos” adopts the characteristics of a Mediterranean cyclone

Nor is it clear yet whether “Janus” will acquire tropical characteristics and meet the conditions to be classified as a Mediterranean Cyclone (barometric low known as Medicane from the union of the words Mediterranean and hurricanes), something that cannot be ruled out, however. points to the weather.



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