Good morning, everyone.

It's not even noon yet and some temperatures in Greece are as follows:

Amfikleia: 41.6C
Chania: 41.2C
Volos: 41.1C
Elefsina: 41C
Markopoulo: 40.5C
Larisa: 39.9C

Yannis.

Also hot in Sicilly and in Italian Adriatic coast, 45C in Bari, and
somewhere in the same vicinity reported 47C, both on Monday.

"Yannis" wrote in message
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Good morning, everyone.

It's not even noon yet and some temperatures in Greece are as follows:

Amfikleia: 41.6C
Chania: 41.2C
Volos: 41.1C
Elefsina: 41C
Markopoulo: 40.5C
Larisa: 39.9C

Yannis.

STUART ONYECHE wrote:
Also hot in Sicilly and in Italian Adriatic coast, 45C in Bari, and
somewhere in the same vicinity reported 47C, both on Monday.

"Yannis" wrote in message
ups.com...
Good morning, everyone.

It's not even noon yet and some temperatures in Greece are as follows:

Amfikleia: 41.6C
Chania: 41.2C
Volos: 41.1C
Elefsina: 41C
Markopoulo: 40.5C
Larisa: 39.9C

Yannis.




I caught a report on Channel 4 news earlier saying that this heatwave in
SE Europe had caused many heat related deaths in Italy, Greece and Romania.

--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

Keith (Southend) wrote:

I caught a report on Channel 4 news earlier saying that this heatwave in
SE Europe had caused many heat related deaths in Italy, Greece and Romania.

Unfortunately, heatwaves are always associated with increased mortality.
There has been quite some work done on this field. Check:

1. Gover M. Mortality during periods of excessive temperature. Public
Health Rep 1938; 53:1122-43

2. Katsouyanni K, Trichopoulos D et al. The 1987 Athens heatwave. Lancet
1988; 2(8610):573.

3. Hajat S, Kovats RS et al. Impact of hot temperatures on death in
London: a time series approach. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;
56(5):367-72

4. http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ew/2004/040311.asp#7

5. http://www.eurosurveillance.org/em/v12n03/1203-226.asp

6. The whole July 2005 issue of Eurosurveillance
(http://www.eurosurveillance.org/rele...05&display=all
and browse to July 2005)

7. Some results from the APHEA and the more recent PHEWE project (check
Medline, many papers there)

Deaths can be divided to a) individual deaths directly attributable to
the heat (few) and b) an excess mortality which can be attriubuted to
the heat indirectly (mostly among people with underlying conditions).

Yannis

STUART ONYECHE wrote:
Also hot in Sicilly and in Italian Adriatic coast, 45C in Bari, and
somewhere in the same vicinity reported 47C, both on Monday.

Some new records in Greece, too. 26 June 2007 was, in some areas, the
hottest day ever (that's interesting, for a June day). A 47C reading was
mentioned on the news for Athens, too, but no station was named, argrrr.
I guess we'll find out. I'll send the brand new records later, still
waiting for some stations to report the decimals along with the numbers.
Believe me, it was a hot day with many places being above 40C at 10am
already and staying there till dusk. Other stations, prone to Foehn
effects, behave independently from the sun, like Paleochora in southern
Crete (39C at 11pm? no problem, i'll make it the day's maximum for you)
or the eastern coasts of Attica.

Yannis.

On Jun 26, 11:50 pm, Yannis wrote:
STUART ONYECHE wrote:
Also hot in Sicilly and in Italian Adriatic coast, 45C in Bari, and
somewhere in the same vicinity reported 47C, both on Monday.

Some new records in Greece, too. 26 June 2007 was, in some areas, the
hottest day ever (that's interesting, for a June day). A 47C reading was
mentioned on the news for Athens, too, but no station was named, argrrr.
I guess we'll find out. I'll send the brand new records later, still
waiting for some stations to report the decimals along with the numbers.
Believe me, it was a hot day with many places being above 40C at 10am
already and staying there till dusk. Other stations, prone to Foehn
effects, behave independently from the sun, like Paleochora in southern
Crete (39C at 11pm? no problem, i'll make it the day's maximum for you)
or the eastern coasts of Attica.

Yannis.

I cannot make sense of these METARs for Athens Airport.

UT/Date Temp DP Press Wind MPH
F C F C
(15) Jun 26 96 (36) 64 (18) 29.71 (1006) E 9
(14) Jun 26 96 (36) 69 (21) 29.71 (1006) ENE 9
(13) Jun 26 111 (44) 42 (6) 29.71 (1006) W 16
(12) Jun 26 107 (42) 48 (9) 29.71 (1006) E 8

At 13Z the wind goes round to westerly (onshore?) but the temperature
remains the same. Then the wind goes back to easterly with the
dramatic onset of a sea breeze at 14Z. I wonder if there are some
mistakes here, but which figures? Any ideas, Yannis? You do know the
place.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

Tudor Hughes :

I cannot make sense of these METARs for Athens Airport.

UT/Date Temp DP Press Wind MPH
F C F C
(15) Jun 26 96 (36) 64 (18) 29.71 (1006) E 9
(14) Jun 26 96 (36) 69 (21) 29.71 (1006) ENE 9
(13) Jun 26 111 (44) 42 (6) 29.71 (1006) W 16
(12) Jun 26 107 (42) 48 (9) 29.71 (1006) E 8

At 13Z the wind goes round to westerly (onshore?) but the temperature
remains the same. Then the wind goes back to easterly with the
dramatic onset of a sea breeze at 14Z. I wonder if there are some
mistakes here, but which figures?

Hey, Tudor.

Since the airport moved to the Mesogeia plain in 2001, an easterly is
an onshore wind (the sea is at roughly 5km in a straight line) and a
westerly comes straight from Athens, having passed Mt. Imittos (1026m
amsl). The airport's coordinates are 37º55'52''N, 23º56'32''E. Not
much sea further to the west of Athens either and that's what made the
difference yesterday: synoptic weather conditions were not very
different compared to Monday, but there was no southerly in the lowest
1000m of the troposhere.

Markopoulo, a site 5km south of the Athens airport, was reporting 43C
with a very strong westerly, gusting to 80 kph!

Yannis

Ï óõíôÜêôçò Yannis Ýãñáøå:

Markopoulo, a site 5km south of the Athens airport, was reporting 43C
with a very strong westerly, gusting to 80 kph!

And I see that the very same thing is happening right now. +43C with
very strong winds (avg speed 50 kph, gusting 93kph) and a RH of just
9% (http://www.eastattika.gr/index.html)

Current weather conditions in many amateur stations can be seen (and
sorted by any variable) he
http://hellas.myftp.org/

All the best,
Yannis.

On Jun 27, 10:31 am, Yannis wrote:
Tudor Hughes :

I cannot make sense of these METARs for Athens Airport.

UT/Date Temp DP Press Wind MPH
F C F C
(15) Jun 26 96 (36) 64 (18) 29.71 (1006) E 9
(14) Jun 26 96 (36) 69 (21) 29.71 (1006) ENE 9
(13) Jun 26 111 (44) 42 (6) 29.71 (1006) W 16
(12) Jun 26 107 (42) 48 (9) 29.71 (1006) E 8

At 13Z the wind goes round to westerly (onshore?) but the temperature
remains the same. Then the wind goes back to easterly with the
dramatic onset of a sea breeze at 14Z. I wonder if there are some
mistakes here, but which figures?

Hey, Tudor.

Since the airport moved to the Mesogeia plain in 2001, an easterly is
an onshore wind (the sea is at roughly 5km in a straight line) and a
westerly comes straight from Athens, having passed Mt. Imittos (1026m
amsl). The airport's coordinates are 37º55'52''N, 23º56'32''E. Not
much sea further to the west of Athens either and that's what made the
difference yesterday: synoptic weather conditions were not very
different compared to Monday, but there was no southerly in the lowest
1000m of the troposhere.

Markopoulo, a site 5km south of the Athens airport, was reporting 43C
with a very strong westerly, gusting to 80 kph!

Yannis

Thanks, Yannis. The mistake was mine. I assumed Athens
airport was very close to the city and the sea was immediately to the
south-west but in fact it is well to the east. This explains
everything and will enable me to make more sense of the airport
observations in the future.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.