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Old September 23rd 15, 09:27 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Storms in the Aegean

On Wednesday, 23 September 2015 17:12:57 UTC+1, Scott W wrote:
There's been some severe storm activity reported from Greece, particularly the island of Skopelos where Mamma Mia! was filmed.

Images of cars being swept away evoke memories of the Boscastle flood. I visited the area in August and remember that a lot of the landscape has a steep gradient - a Boscastle type situation is obviously easily possible.

Local WX info from the area is sketchy but a weather station on neighbouring Skiathos reported 151.4mm from the storm - that's three times what falls in Wanstead in an average September. Of course much more could have fallen elsewhere. I wonder if anyone on here knows of a weather station on Skopelos? Yannis?

Here's the report:

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015...and-in-greece/

I also wrote a piece after experiencing storms 3 nights running when I stayed there in August.


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Scott

The nearest SYNOP that I can find is Skiros WMO #16684 which is miles away to the east.

Bruce.