Snowing currently in Thessaloniki:
LGTS 212150Z 36018KT 1100 +SN BR BKN018 OVC060 01/M03 Q1001 NOSIG

Already settling on the cars: webcam from the centre of the city
http://www.iama.gr/weather/image.jpg

Our explosive cyclogenesis is going on, currently 989.9 hPa and dropping
fast (it was at 1008.6 hPa yesterday at this time of the night).

Heavy thundery rain showers in Athens for the time being, maximum rain
intensity reached 90.2 mm/h. The drop in temperature should start during the
following hours (oh, no sleep again!) and rain should turn to snow tomorrow
before the precipitation ends (with temperatures at 850 hPa close to -15C).
Severe frosts more than just likely in northern and parts of central Greece
through Monday :-)
All types of vessels have already been prohibited to sail throughout the
Aegean, as wind force is expected to reach F11 within the day.

Yannis, SE Athens
+11.6C, dropping slowly
+TSRA

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Yannis, SE Athens
+11.6C, dropping slowly
+TSRA

and a brief but very heavy hail shower that caused some problems in the
roads network. Maximum rainfall intensity reached 385.1 mm/h some half an
hour ago; this value might have been overestimated because of the hail, but
the event surely made the heavy downpours of summer 2002 (180 mm/h) seem
like drizzle...
987.4 hPa now, winds are now blowing from the NNE, while the northern
suburbs of Athens are at +3.6C (drop by 5C in 40 minutes without hail
there).

Yannis, SE Athens
+8.7C, RH 90%
32.5 mm of rain since 1900B

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Yannis, SE Athens
+11.6C, dropping slowly
+TSRA

and a brief but very heavy hail shower that caused some problems in the
roads network. Maximum rainfall intensity reached 385.1 mm/h some half
an
hour ago; this value might have been overestimated because of the hail,
but
the event surely made the heavy downpours of summer 2002 (180 mm/h) seem
like drizzle...
987.4 hPa now, winds are now blowing from the NNE, while the northern
suburbs of Athens are at +3.6C (drop by 5C in 40 minutes without hail
there).

Yannis, SE Athens
+8.7C, RH 90%
32.5 mm of rain since 1900B

Hi Yannis,

Thessaloniki looks very cold at the moment. Air temperature hovering
around
freezing point with a wind gusting to near 50KT.

LGTS 221750Z 33037G48KT 9999 SCT035 BKN070 00/M08 Q1003 NOSIG=
LGTS 221720Z 33035G48KT 9999 SCT040 BKN080 BKN180 01/M08 Q1002 NOSIG=

That gives a windchill, taking 37KT mean, of MS19 deg C.

Joe

PS Is your Yahoo address still active ?

Joe Hunt wrote in message ...
:Thessaloniki looks very cold at the moment. Air temperature hovering
:around
:freezing point with a wind gusting to near 50KT.


Rainfall in Greece in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC today

Herakleion, Rhodes and Chania 27 mm, Limnos 37 mm, Andravida 39 mm,
Skyros 42 mm, Athens-Hellenikon 43 mm, Mytilini 50 mm, Samos 79 mm.

Colin Youngs
Brussels

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Rainfall in Greece in 24 hours ending 18.00 UTC today

Herakleion, Rhodes and Chania 27 mm, Limnos 37 mm, Andravida 39 mm,
Skyros 42 mm, Athens-Hellenikon 43 mm, Mytilini 50 mm, Samos 79 mm.

68 mm of rain, hail and snow in SE Athens.

Yannis, +1.1C, overcast