Filenews 9 January 2023
Northeast air current affects the area. From Tuesday onwards, a barometric low centred on the Aegean begins to move southeast and is expected to affect the island from dawn on Wednesday.
Today, periods of sunshine will alternate with periods of increased cloudiness, while from the afternoon onwards the weather will become mostly clear in several areas. The winds will blow mainly northeast, moderate to strong, 4 to 5 Beaufort but in the west initially variable and later southwest to west, weak to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort. The sea will be a little turbulent and transient on the windward coast until turbulent. The temperature will rise to around 18 degrees inland, on the south and east coasts, around 19 degrees on the rest of the coast and around 8 degrees on the higher mountains.
Tonight, the weather will be mostly clear but mostly in the western half of the island there will be intermittently increased clouds. The winds will blow mainly northwest to northeast and locally to southeast, weak, 3 Beaufort but transient in the windward to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort. The sea will be calm until a little turbulent on the west and south coasts and a little turbulent on the north and east coasts. The temperature will drop to around 5 degrees inland, around 9 degrees on the west coast, around 8 on the rest of the coast and around 1 degree on the higher mountains, where locally in the mountains frost is expected to form.
On Tuesday, the weather will initially be mostly clear in most areas, but from noon onwards it is expected to become mostly cloudy.
On Wednesday, the weather will be mostly cloudy, with local rains and isolated thunderstorms, with the phenomena starting mainly at dawn of the day from the west and progressively affecting the whole island.
On Thursday, the weather will remain unsettled, with rain and local thunderstorms. The phenomena, both on Wednesday and Thursday, are expected to be prolonged or even intense in places, while locally in the higher mountains snowfall is expected.
The temperature will rise slightly on Tuesday and gradually drop until Thursday, to hover near or even slightly below the average climatic values.
