Greek meteorologists announced on Friday that the new cold weather system, dubbed Okeanis by the National Meteorological Service (EMY), forecast to sweep across the country will not be as harsh as initially thought, especially in the capital of Athens, where any snow will be confined to the mountains and foothills of Attica and perhaps some lower altitude areas in the northwestern parts of the region.
Nevertheless, they added that, after the recent unseasonably sunny weather, temperatures will drop by 12 to 14 Celsius over the weekend.
Apart from central and northern Greece, snow is expected in the mountains of northern Athens, while rainstorms are forecast in southern Greece and the Aegean. Gale force winds of up to 9 or even 10 on the Beaufort scale will blow in the Aegean and the Ionian Sea and on the shores of western Greece.
The meteo service issued a video with the forecast maps of the phenomena expected to accompany “Oceanis”, between Friday afternoon and Monday afternoon, as well as forecast maps of snow coverage during Saturday and Sunday. According to ANA, the video is available on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjhPjChbGfo
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