Snow arrives in the highlands of central Greece
 

Good evening, everyone.

It snowed in the mountains around Athens earlier today. In the
meantime, some districts of western Crete and te island of Leros, in
the southeast, have declared a state of emergency because of flooding.
I have no clear image regarding the amount of rain that has fallen in
the lowlands, though some figures of coastal areas are three-digit for
the last couple of days.

Yannis, Baltimore MD
scattered clouds

Snow arrives in the highlands of central Greece
 

"Yannis" wrote in message
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Good evening, everyone.

It snowed in the mountains around Athens earlier today.

Hello, Yannis. I noticed there's been some snow over Lapland this week too
http://www.tiehallinto.fi/alk/englis...kamerat_5.html

Jon.

Snow arrives in the highlands of central Greece
 

Good evening, all.

I managed to find some figures for the rain fallen so far in the
westernmost refecture of Crete, that of Chania. First tab: station
name. Second tab: ppn on Oct 17th (mm). Third tab: October totals so
far (mm).

Georgioupolis...............238................... ............420
Tavronitis.......................64............... ................300
Varypetro.....................170................. ..............258
Alikianos......................165................ ...............248
Kakopetros...................125.................. .............215
Elos...............................58............. .................182
Agrokipio......................111................ ..............180
Chalepa (Chania)...........62,4........................... ..175
Drapanias......................47................. ..............159
Paleochora....................37.................. ...............51
Chrysoskalitissa............14.................... .............46

The White Mountains (in western Crete too) have lots and lots of snow.
Imagine these figures in snow above 1400-1600m (highest summit is
2452m).

Yannis, Baltimore MD
showery

Snow arrives in the highlands of central Greece
 

On Oct 18, 5:39 pm, "Jon O'Rourke" wrote:

Hello, Yannis. I noticed there's been some snow over Lapland this week too http://www.tiehallinto.fi/alk/englis...kamerat_5.html

Hey Jon. I think I had noticed some snow in parts of Lapland in
September, too?

Picture from the snowfalls in Mt Parnassos (2457m) in central Greece by
Ioannis Papadopoulos:
http://ioap.zoto.com/img/800x600x1/b...c39ce68799.jpg

And Mt Tymphristos (Velouchi, 2315m), also in central Greece, with the
adjacent town of Karpenisi:
http://ioap.zoto.com/img/800x600x1/b...71e78ef7cb.jpg

Atb,

Yannis