Bad weather “Janos”: Rains and stormy winds are coming



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Intense rain, storms, Stormy winds -that can reach levels storm in maritime sections- expected from Thursday, when bad weather «Janus».

According to the latest forecasts data of the National Observatory of Athens / Weather.gram, as well as with available prognostic models of other bodies, atmospheric disturbance in your area Central mediterranean (see satellite image) expected gradually to be significantly strengthened, creating the IANOS bad weather that will affect our country from the September 17.

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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 main characteristics of IANOS will be heavy rains, especially in the Ionian and southern parts of the country, electrical storms in some places, and very stormy winds, especially in parts of the sea, where they can reach storm levels.

Note that:

• Due to the uncertainty they present forecasts transition seasons, and due to the current location of the atmospheric disturbance (located over the sea), the path that it will follow is not yet clear. 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 yet clear if Janos will acquire tropical characteristics and if it will qualify as a Mediterranean Cyclone (barometric minima known internationally as medicanes from the union of the words Mediterranean and hurricanes), something that cannot be ruled out.

Your forecast team EAA / meteo.gr will carefully study the available forecast data and inform you of the upcoming weather change with more recent announcements.

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