Sudden change in weather: storms, snow, and high winds



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The weather will get worse with heavy rains and thunderstorms, starting tonight in the west. A barometric minimum in southern Italy will affect our country until noon on Monday.

The main characteristics of bad weather will be heavy rains in some places, sporadic storms in the sea and coastal areas, snowfall in the mountains of the continent and stormy winds from the south in the seas.

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According to the latest forecast data from the National Observatory of Athens / meteo.gr, during the night of Saturday 26/12 to Sunday 27/12 there will be heavy rains on the western continents and in the Ionian, where sporadic storms will occur.

Starting at noon, bad weather will affect almost the entire country with heavy rains in some places, sporadic storms at sea and coastal areas and snowfall on the mountainous continents.

The phenomena of the afternoon of Sunday 27/12 will be limited mainly in the west, in Thrace and in the eastern and southern Aegean. The following video shows the rain that is expected until noon on Monday 12/28.

Winds in the seas will blow from the south reaching 8 beauforts and possibly temporarily 9 beauforts places. The corresponding map shows the areas where the wind will exceed 7 Beaufort on Sunday 12/27, as well as its predominant direction. Finally, the southerly winds will keep temperatures relatively high during the season.

EMY’s emergency bulletin

Tomorrow Sunday (12/27) the intense phenomena will spread to most of the country and on Monday (12/28) they will affect mainly the eastern island of Greece.

More specifically, the intense phenomena will affect the Ionian Islands, Epirus and western Sterea tonight. Tomorrow they will spread from morning to western Peloponnese, western Thessaly, central Sterea, Thrace, in some places in Macedonia, and gradually to the rest of mainland Greece, from afternoon to the eastern Aegean islands and at night in the Dodecanese.

Attica and the prefecture of Thessaloniki will be temporarily affected at noon on Sunday, while on Monday (12/28) the Dodecanese and until noon Thrace and the eastern Aegean islands.

Winds will blow stormy tomorrow south of 8 Beaufort in the Ionian, until early afternoon and in some parts of the Aegean starting at noon.

The General Secretariat of Civil Protection warns

Citizens can be informed on a daily basis about the development of exceptional weather events in the periodic EMY weather reports and on the EMY website at www.emy.gr.

The General Secretariat of Civil Protection (www.civilprotection.gr) of the Ministry of Civil Protection, has informed the competent state services involved, as well as the regions and municipalities of the country, in order to be more alert to civil protection, in order to immediately address the effects of severe weather.

At the same time, the General Secretariat of Civil Protection advises citizens to be very careful, taking measures to protect themselves from the dangers derived from the occurrence of severe weather events.

In particular, in areas where heavy rains, thunderstorms, or hurricane-force winds are forecast:

  • Secure items that, if swept away by severe weather, could cause damage or injury.
  • Make sure gutters and gutters in houses are not blocked and are working normally.
  • Avoid crossing streams and streams, on foot or by vehicle, during storms and rain, but also for several hours after the end of your event.
  • Avoid field work and activities in the sea and coastal areas during severe weather (risk of lightning strikes).
  • Take immediate precautions during a hail storm. Take cover in a building or car and do not leave the safe area until you are sure the storm is over. Hail can also be very dangerous for animals.
  • Avoid going under large trees, under hanging signs, and generally in areas where light objects (eg flowerpots, broken glass, etc.) can break off and fall to the ground (eg under balconies). .
  • Faithfully follow the instructions of the locally competent bodies, such as Traffic, etc.

Weather: Rain, thunderstorms and temperature drop on Saturday

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