Pafos Press 21 February 2025
The cold air mass named Coral is affecting the region, the Meteorology Department reports.
Today the weather will be locally mainly cloudy, while isolated rains and snow are expected in the mountainous areas and locally in the semi-mountainous areas.
On Saturday, the weather will be particularly cold and intermittently cloudy, while isolated rains and snowfalls are expected in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas.
On Sunday, the weather will remain particularly cold and mainly cloudy, while isolated rains and snowfalls are expected in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas, while light snowfall is not ruled out in lowland areas. On Monday, locally increased cloudiness will be observed at intervals, which in the morning hours may give isolated light rain in coastal areas.
The detailed forecast:
The cold air mass called Coral is affecting the area.
Today the weather will be locally mainly cloudy, while isolated rains and snow are expected in the mountainous areas and locally and in the semi-mountainous areas. The winds will blow northeasterly to easterly, weak to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort and in the west, northwesterly of the same intensity. The sea will be a little rough, however in the north and east it will be temporarily rough. The temperature will rise to around 10 degrees inland, around 12 on the coast and around one degree in the higher mountainous areas. Frost will prevail in the mountainous areas and locally in the semi-mountainous areas.
Tonight the weather will be partly cloudy with the possibility of isolated rain on the coast, while in the mountainous and semi-mountainous areas, snowfall is expected. The winds will blow mainly northeasterly to easterly, weak to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort and on the windward coast to strong, 4 to 5 Beaufort. The sea will be a little rough and on the windward to rough. The temperature will drop to around 2 degrees inland, around 5 on the coast and around -4 degrees in the higher mountainous areas. Frost will prevail in the mountainous areas and locally in the semi-mountainous areas, while frost is not excluded to form in leeward areas of the interior.
On Saturday, the weather will be particularly cold and intermittently cloudy, while isolated rains and snowfalls are expected in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas.
On Sunday, the weather will remain particularly cold and mainly cloudy, while isolated rains and snowfalls are expected in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas, while light snowfall is not ruled out in lowland areas. On Monday, locally increased cloudiness will be observed at intervals, which in the morning hours may give isolated light rain in coastal areas.
The temperature on Saturday will drop further and will remain at the same levels until Monday, thus fluctuating well below the average climatic values of the season. The depth of snow in Troodos Square at the time of publication of the bulletin was 3 centimeters.
