Hi, everyone (after quite a long time)

I figured it would be interesting to quote some rainfall totals for
last week in Mt. Dirfys, the mountain of the island of Evia (just
north of Athens). This mountain is the first obstacle that northerlies
find after having crossed the northern/central Aegean sea and generous
deposits of precipitation accumulate when conditions are favourable,
especially in the colder period of the year. Snowfalls are
particularly heavy in winter as the Aegean never really gets too cold.
In September, snow is very infrequent in the area, but SSTs are much
higher. Here's what central Greek geography and climate can do:
last Friday: 376 mm
last Saturday: 443 mm
last week total: 1035 mm (along with one people dead, destruction of
the local road network, major changes in the area's streams routes
etc).

These accumulations refer to an altitude of about 900m amsl (the
mountain being ~1700m amsl high). At a much lower altitude, the
village of Steni in Evia reported 173.4mm and 203.4mm of rain on
Friday and Saturday respectively (495.6mm for the week). Northern
Attica and the whole central Evia island area received abundant
rainfalls. Athens itself is experiencing a very wet September (it was
as if autumn kicked on Sep 6th), but nothing like 2002 really. Some
September 2009 rainfall data (to date) follow (the mountain station is
not included as it is not online):

Steni/Evia: 510 mm
Skiathos (Aegean): 183.9 mm
Chalkida/Evia: 182.8 mm
Avlona/Attica: 159.3 mm
Kea (Aegean): 145.2 mm
Tanagra: 126.6 mm
and so on.

All the best for now,
Yannis, Athens.

Yannis wrote:
Hi, everyone (after quite a long time)

I figured it would be interesting to quote some rainfall totals for
last week in Mt. Dirfys, the mountain of the island of Evia (just
north of Athens). This mountain is the first obstacle that northerlies
find after having crossed the northern/central Aegean sea and generous
deposits of precipitation accumulate when conditions are favourable,
especially in the colder period of the year. Snowfalls are
particularly heavy in winter as the Aegean never really gets too cold.
In September, snow is very infrequent in the area, but SSTs are much
higher. Here's what central Greek geography and climate can do:
last Friday: 376 mm
last Saturday: 443 mm
last week total: 1035 mm (along with one people dead, destruction of
the local road network, major changes in the area's streams routes
etc).

These accumulations refer to an altitude of about 900m amsl (the
mountain being ~1700m amsl high). At a much lower altitude, the
village of Steni in Evia reported 173.4mm and 203.4mm of rain on
Friday and Saturday respectively (495.6mm for the week). Northern
Attica and the whole central Evia island area received abundant
rainfalls. Athens itself is experiencing a very wet September (it was
as if autumn kicked on Sep 6th), but nothing like 2002 really. Some
September 2009 rainfall data (to date) follow (the mountain station is
not included as it is not online):

Steni/Evia: 510 mm
Skiathos (Aegean): 183.9 mm
Chalkida/Evia: 182.8 mm
Avlona/Attica: 159.3 mm
Kea (Aegean): 145.2 mm
Tanagra: 126.6 mm
and so on.

All the best for now,
Yannis, Athens.


Yannis

Thanks for the detailed information. Did you post photos from this
place 900m asl during the winter of 2003/4? I remember photos showing
some very impressive drifts from one of your collections but the exact
location fails me.

Anything you can do to prevent rainfall this weekend?!

Regards

Joe

Thanks for the detailed information. *Did you post photos from this
place 900m asl during the winter of 2003/4? *I remember photos showing
some very impressive drifts from one of your collections but the exact
location fails me.

Anything you can do to prevent rainfall this weekend?!

No, those pictures were from Mt. Pelion, a bit to the NW of Evia (near
Volos, in the Thessaly region).

Rearding this weekend, cooler air should be advected towards our side
of the Alps, after a close-to-normally warm and perhaps humid Thursday
and Friday. Here's hope for at least some rain :-)

atb and see you soon,
Yannis