Μake us preferred on Google Severe weather is sweeping across much of Greece on Monday, bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms to Athens and other parts of the country as an emergency weather warning remains in effect.
The Athens metropolitan area has been hit by rain and intense lightning activity since Sunday night, with storms affecting neighborhoods across the Greek capital and its suburbs.
According to an emergency bulletin issued by the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY), severe conditions in Attica, including Athens, are expected to persist until midday Monday before intensifying again in the evening.
Strong rain and thunderstorms are also forecast across eastern Central Greece, Thessaly, the Sporades islands, Evia, the eastern Aegean islands and the Dodecanese on Monday.
The deterioration is expected to last through at least Tuesday, October 27, with the most severe conditions concentrated primarily in eastern Greece. Some storms could also produce localized hail.
Heavy rain sweeps across Athens
Several parts of Attica experienced intense weather overnight, with persistent heavy rainfall reported across central Athens, from Gazi and Patissia to Neos Kosmos, Kaisariani, Ymittos and Dafni.
Conditions were particularly intense in the northern suburbs, including Drosia, while heavy rainfall also affected the southern coastal areas of Nea Smyrni, Alimos, Palaio Faliro, Agios Kosmas and Vari.
Strong weather was also reported west of Athens in Korydallos and Chaidari, as well as across eastern Attica, including Ilioupoli, Koropi, Kalyvia, Markopoulo and Porto Rafti.
EMY expects cloudy conditions, rain and thunderstorms in Attica on Monday, with storms particularly during the early morning hours.
The region will see temperatures between 15 and 19 degrees Celsius. East-northeasterly winds of 3 to 4 Beaufort are expected before turning northerly and strengthening to 5 Beaufort in the evening.
Where the strongest storms are expected Monday
EMY’s emergency bulletin forecasts locally heavy rain and thunderstorms in eastern Central Greece, particularly the regional units of Fthiotida and Boeotia, through the morning.
In Attica, severe conditions are forecast through midday and again during the evening.
Heavy weather is expected in the Thessaly regional units of Magnesia and Larissa through the evening, while the Sporades and Evia are also forecast to experience strong rain and thunderstorms.
The Dodecanese is expected to see severe weather from late morning until late Monday night, while storms are forecast to intensify across the eastern Aegean islands from midday.
More broadly, rain and thunderstorms are forecast Monday across the Ionian Islands, the Peloponnese, Central Greece, Thessaly, the Sporades, Evia, the eastern Aegean islands, the Dodecanese and Crete. Rain is also expected elsewhere in Greece but at lower intensity.
Severe weather to continue Tuesday
The emergency bulletin remains in effect on Tuesday, when locally heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected to continue in several areas.
The Sporades and Evia are forecast to experience severe conditions until midday, while strong storms will persist across the eastern Aegean islands until late afternoon.
The Dodecanese is expected to see another period of severe weather beginning around midday Tuesday.
In Attica, the strongest conditions are forecast to continue through the early morning hours before easing.
Strong winds and lower temperatures
Temperatures are expected to fall slightly Monday.
Western Macedonia will see temperatures between 8 and 19 degrees Celsius, while the rest of Macedonia and Thrace will range from 11 to 21 degrees. Temperatures are forecast at 11 to 22 degrees in Epirus, 12 to 20 in Thessaly and 12 to 21 in Central Greece.
The Peloponnese will range from 13 to 22 degrees, the Ionian Islands from 14 to 22 and the northern and northeastern Aegean islands from 16 to 21. Other Aegean islands will see temperatures between 15 and 22 degrees, while the Dodecanese could reach 25 degrees. Crete will range from 13 to 22 degrees.
Winds will generally blow from the northwest in western Greece and from the east-northeast mainly in the east. Conditions will gradually become variable in the central and southern Aegean, with winds of 4 to 6 Beaufort and reaching 7 Beaufort in the seas.
In Thessaloniki, clouds and localized rain are forecast, with northwesterly winds of 3 to 6 Beaufort and temperatures between 12 and 19 degrees Celsius.
EMY’s emergency bulletin warns that the period of severe weather, which began in the early hours of Monday, is expected to continue through at least Tuesday.
