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What the weather statistics show: what will happen if the predictions are confirmed
The heat that will begin to hit from today Hellas can change dramatically Statistics that exist for the climate. The latest weather forecast from meteorologists reveals that in the coming days temperature is expected to exceed 40 or even 41 degrees centigrade in some areas.
According to the service meteo from the National Observatory of AthensIn our country, the deviation from the average temperature, on hot days, will exceed 10 degrees Celsius and will be the highest recorded in the world in the coming days.
Talking to ERT, or Nikos Michalopoulos, professor at the University of Crete and director of the Institute for Research and Sustainable Development at the National Observatory of Athens., argued that if the weather forecasts are confirmed the “map” of the data will change that exists for heat waves in the country.
“In Thissio we have the oldest station in Greece. We have data from 150 years, a century and a half,” Michalopoulos initially stressed. As he explained, the highest temperatures for May have been recorded in the last ten days “and have never exceeded 37 degrees Celsius.”
As he explained, the highest temperature recorded in the first ten days “was 35.6 degrees Celsius on May 11, 2003. As you can see, if the forecasts are checked (for 40-41 degrees Celsius) we are going to record of the last 150 yearsProfessor Michalopoulos said.
Heat is not related to blocking
“Over the next five days we will experience a period of very high temperatures, which will peak over the weekend. Maximum temperatures at noon will range from 31 to 35 degrees in the north and from 35 to 39 in 40 locations in the lowlands from central and southern Greece and Attica, while the Aegean will have lower temperatures, as always. ” declared to APE-MPE or Professor of Meteorology and Climatology and Vice Chancellor of Finance of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Charalambos Feidas., noting that “the temperature is already high for the levels of the season, since it has reached 33 degrees”.
The temperature will reach its highest levels during the weekend, will remain high on Monday and Tuesday and will begin to drop on Wednesday, while a significant change is expected from Thursday with possible rains.
Meteorology professor: once a decade, the phenomenon of heat waves in May
Meteorology professor: once a decade, the phenomenon of heat waves in May
“These five days with very high temperatures, for the season, we could characterize them as hot for the season, while for the summer they would be on the brink of heat.” However, such temperatures in May are generally rare. In recent decades, it has occurred approximately once every ten years to have an average temperature of approximately 10 degrees higher than the expected average temperature for the period. Generally it is one rare phenomenon, but its appearance is not related to the change in human activities due to the coronation. “Human activities have a long-term effect on climate change and do not affect it in the short term,” he said.
The new regularity goes through organized beaches.
One waits for us from Saturday morning new reality on organized beaches. The General Secretariat for Civil Protection announced obligations, but also prohibitions.
More specifically, those who want to swim on organized beaches will notice in the entry that it will be written how many people are attending the beach at that time. The number of people should be 40 per thousand square meters, while the minimum distance between the umbrellas should be 4 meters.
At the same time, up to two hammocks per umbrella will be available, with the exception of families.
It is now prohibited:
- The sale of alcoholic beverages.
- Delivery
- Table seats in stores.
- Mandatory distance of 1.5 meters for those customers who take something from the store
- Group sports with physical contact.
- Employees of organized beaches must now disinfect loungers, as well as frequent disinfection of sanitary facilities.