On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:42:35 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 07:08:34 +0200, "Yannis"
wrote:

Accumulations are now between 10 cm (beaches) and just over a metre
(Malakasa, northern Attica) in non-mountainous areas around Athens. The
temperature within the city of Athens is ranging between -10C (!) and -2C at
the moment.
BLSN and -SN at the moment here, in SE Athens, with accumulations at 20 cm
and drifts up to 40 cm.

Now come the pictures. First, the Athens historical centre, of which I've
always wished to take snow pictures:

Excellent pictures Yannis.

BBC Radio Midday News mentioned that Athens Airport is closed at the
moment due to snow. Most people over here seem rather surprised to
hear that, to say the least. Enjoy it, I'm green with envy!


It is rather surprising to many people that the places where they soaked up the
sun and the ouzo could be under inches of snow.

I was quite surprised myself about 6 years ago to find two inches of snow at
Marseilles in November. Some places in the Med must be fairly free of the
threat of snow at low levels - Sicily, Malta and the Balearics spring to mind.

JPG