Greece’s Meteo Service issues Weather Warning Alert

Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather emergency bulletin  on Tuesday, October 17, warning of weather deterioration with intense phenomena locally.

Heavy rainfalls and storms accompanied with a high frequency of lightning and hail-falls locally.

📌ΕΠΗΡΕΑΖΟΝΤΑΙ


α. από μεσημέρι Κέρκυρα-Παξοί,Ήπειρος.


β. από νωρίς το απόγευμα υπόλοιπο Ιόνιο, η δυτ. Στερεά, η δυτ. Μακεδονία και η ΒΔ Πελοπόννησος.


γ. από αργά το απόγευμα η κεντρική Μακεδονία.


Τη νύχτα εξασθένηση και πρόσκαιρα θα επηρεαστούν Θεσσαλία Β. Εύβοια @GSCP_GR pic.twitter.com/o2NzSTOFOu

— Theodoros Kolydas (@KolydasT) October 17, 2023

Affected will be mainly the western and northern parts of Greece as of  today noon, Tuesday, October 17, 2023.

EMY WEATHER WARNING

Affected will be:

• a. from noon the area of Corfu-Paxos and Epirus.
• b. from early afternoon the rest of the Ionian islands, western Sterea, western Macedonia and northwestern Peloponnese.
• c. from late afternoon central Macedonia.

At night, the phenomena in the aforementioned areas will weaken, but for the time being, Thessaly and possibly northern Evia will be strongly affected.

See also KTG’s detailed post here