YELLOW WEATHER WARNING TODAY, 6 AUGUST - 2pm-4.30pm - Filenews 6/8
A yellow warning for extremely high temperature has been issued by the Department of Meteorology.
The warning will come into effect at 14:00 on Thursday, August 6 and will last until 16:30 on the same day.
According to the Department of Meteorology, the maximum temperature is expected to rise to around 40 degrees Celsius in areas of the interior.
Seasonal low pressure affects the area.
Today the weather will be mostly clear but at times there will be locally increased clouds. Winds will blow southwest to west, light to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort and transient on the south coast to strong, 5 Beaufort. The sea will be a little rough. The temperature will rise to 38 degrees inland, 30 on the west coast, around 33 on the rest of the coast and 28 degrees in the higher mountains.
Tonight the weather will be mostly clear, while locally there will be increased low clouds. Winds will blow west to northwest and in the west northeast, weak, 3 Beaufort. The sea will be calm to a little rough.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday the weather will be mostly clear but at times there will be locally increased clouds. The temperature will not change significantly during the three days to fluctuate close to the average climatic values.
The temperatures recorded yesterday and the relative humidity at 3 pm were:
Max Temp Min Temp Relative Humidity
Nicosia: 39°C 22°C 33%
Larnaca Airport: 35°C 22°C 52%
Limassol: 32°C 21°C 58%
Paphos Airport: 31°C 22°C 77%
Prodromos: 31°C 19°C 46%
Polis Chrysochous: 33°C 22°C 54%
