Hallo everyone.

Temperatures have been quite high during the last days throughout the
country and this is expected to be one of the warmest Easter Sundays in 20
years. Lovely weather today in Athens, with a few high clouds that are now
clearing away and temperatures reaching a lovely +20.5C plateau. Most
Athenians have left the city for the Easter holidays and it's wonderful to
stroll around the city or sit for three or four hours and enjoy a coffee
outside.

Some of yesterday's maximum temperatures:

SE Athens: +21.2C
E. Thessaloniki: +22.6C
Lamia: +25.6C (second warmest in Europe?)
Larisa: +23.4C

More warm air is being advected from Libya; hence, temperatures are expected
to reach 28-30C in a few areas of continental Greece towards Easter Sunday.
Things could get a bit uncomfortable in northern Crete, where the island's
high mountain chains favour the Foehn effect (roast lamb under +33C there?)

cheerful Yannis, SE Athens
+20.5C, RH 45%, SLP 1019.1 hPa
http://dias.aueb.gr/~ikarag/2004/april.html

Must admit I wasn't sure about that '34954 Svetlograd(134m) Russian'
maximum of 25.9°c, but a couple of other locations in the same area
were in the lower to mid 20's so I didn't discard it. Spain and
Portugal have fallen away now as Greece warms up as you pointed out
Yannis.

Keith (Southend)

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On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 12:14:27 +0300, "Yannis"
wrote:

Some of yesterday's maximum temperatures:

SE Athens: +21.2C
E. Thessaloniki: +22.6C
Lamia: +25.6C (second warmest in Europe?)
Larisa: +23.4C


cheerful Yannis, SE Athens
+20.5C, RH 45%, SLP 1019.1 hPa
http://dias.aueb.gr/~ikarag/2004/april.html