Very heavy snowfalls in central Greece
 

"Scott Whitehead" wrote in message
om...
Do you have any figures for the mountains of Crete, Yannis?

Not yet, but I might receive some later on.
The general secretary of civil protection of Greece has ......prohibited
civilians' circulation on the island!!!

Yannis, SE Athens
BLSN, -SN, -2.0C, RH 73%, SLP 1017.2 hPa

Very heavy snowfalls in central Greece
 

"Alex Stephens Jnr" wrote in
message ...
Great photos indeed, Athens must be in line for an ice day today? Which
must be a very rare event?

The last ice day I recorded here was January 5th, 2002. Today is an ice day
for this site of SE Athens for sure (min -4.3C, max -1.1C so far), I bet it
should be an ice day for downtown too.
Skies are broken now and there is some light snow falling from the clouds
stuck a mile north of me, on top of the hills (orographic cloudiness as
always, this is the lee side of the mountains and hills). Blowing snow
appears to be a problem as it reduces visibility to ..two bushes (lol, that
means around 5-10m) towards the edge of the city. Pictures will follow.

Yannis, SE Athens
-2.1C, RH 72%, SLP 1017.2 hPa

Very heavy snowfalls in central Greece
 

"Yannis" wrote in message
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"Alex Stephens Jnr" wrote in
message ...
Great photos indeed, Athens must be in line for an ice day today?
Which
must be a very rare event?

The last ice day I recorded here was January 5th, 2002. Today is an ice
day
for this site of SE Athens for sure (min -4.3C, max -1.1C so far), I bet
it
should be an ice day for downtown too.
Skies are broken now and there is some light snow falling from the clouds
stuck a mile north of me, on top of the hills (orographic cloudiness as
always, this is the lee side of the mountains and hills). Blowing snow
appears to be a problem as it reduces visibility to ..two bushes (lol,
that
means around 5-10m) towards the edge of the city. Pictures will follow.

Yannis, SE Athens
-2.1C, RH 72%, SLP 1017.2 hPa

My records only go back to October 2001 but I have not yet recorded and ice
day here. The closest I have come was the 8th of January 2003 with a maximum
of 0.4°C and a minimum of -5.2°C.

Alan
St Albans

Very heavy snowfalls in central Greece
 

Dave Ludlow wrote in message ...
:BBC Radio Midday News mentioned that Athens Airport is closed at the
:moment due to snow.

Not surprising http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/LGAV.html

Colin Youngs
Brussels

Very heavy snowfalls in central Greece
 

"Ian Sutherland" wrote in message
. ..

Now why can't we have a climate like that?

Just don't ask for snow outside your door, or this might happen to you:
http://dias.aueb.gr/~ikarag/snow/porta.jpg (Athens, downtown)

Yannis, SE Athens
-4.0C