Good morning (?) all.

Warm and mostly clear weather persisted through Saturday as temperatures
reached 37C in a few isolated locations within the agglomeration of Athens,
like the N. Philadelphia station. Not warmer than 30-32C in the afternoon
for coastal areas of Attica, while Friday night was spent out in the
comfortable low-mid 20s. Inland low lying areas of central continental
Greece were quite warm once again, with temperatures reaching 36.4C at both
Lamia and Larisa.


Thessaloniki (AP): 21-34.8C
Volos (AP): 20-33C
Irakleio (AP): 21.4-31C
Athens (Elliniko): 21.2-32.2C
Patras (AP): 20-32C

Yannis, SE Athens
+26.2C, RH 39%, SLP 1007.1 hPa - clear, calm night

Warm and mostly clear weather persisted through Saturday as temperatures
reached 37C in a few isolated locations within the agglomeration of
Athens,
like the N. Philadelphia station. Not warmer than 30-32C in the afternoon
for coastal areas of Attica, while Friday night was spent out in the
comfortable low-mid 20s. Inland low lying areas of central continental
Greece were quite warm once again, with temperatures reaching 36.4C at
both
Lamia and Larisa.

Interesting post as always Yannis.Our Paula Radcliffe runs the women's
Marathon this p.m.What sort of temperatures/humidity levels would you expect
during the time concerned?Is the course or part of it much above sea level?
BTW thoroughly enjoying the coverage of the Olympics.Thanks.

Yannis your description of 'comfortable night time temps of low mid 20s
'will be enough to send half of this group into paroxsms of horror ,! what
do you do with your blankets ? ! !

RonB

"Yannis" wrote in message
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Good morning (?) all.

Warm and mostly clear weather persisted through Saturday as temperatures
reached 37C in a few isolated locations within the agglomeration of
Athens,
like the N. Philadelphia station. Not warmer than 30-32C in the
afternoon
for coastal areas of Attica, while Friday night was spent out in the
comfortable low-mid 20s. Inland low lying areas of central continental
Greece were quite warm once again, with temperatures reaching 36.4C at
both
Lamia and Larisa.


Thessaloniki (AP): 21-34.8C
Volos (AP): 20-33C
Irakleio (AP): 21.4-31C
Athens (Elliniko): 21.2-32.2C
Patras (AP): 20-32C

Yannis, SE Athens
+26.2C, RH 39%, SLP 1007.1 hPa - clear, calm night

"Ron Button" schreef in bericht
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Yannis your description of 'comfortable night time temps of low mid 20s
'will be enough to send half of this group into paroxsms of horror ,! what
do you do with your blankets ? ! !

RonB



Yannis'll know much more of course, but I guess the ususal huminity-levels
in Greece are lower than ours. Thankfully, for these overnight-temps in
Holland would certainly lead to nightmares or non-sleep! Dropping moods and
very bad temper at the end. So now and then I'm a really grateful singer in
this eternal rain:-).

Wijke,
SE Flevolpolder, Centre of the Netherlands; min 3 m asl
105 mm for August thusfar (long term average 60 mm)

Tc 19.1 C -dry, Cu 4/8 - S 2 - 1022 HpA steady

"Ron Button" wrote in message
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Yannis your description of 'comfortable night time temps of low mid 20s
'will be enough to send half of this group into paroxsms of horror ,! what
do you do with your blankets ? ! !

Blankets? In summer? Only in interior valleys & plains, as well as more
mountainous areas -certainly not in Athens!
I saw northern Europeans putting on their jumpers when temps fell below 20C
at night with light winds, so the low 20s really is a very comfortable
level -for Greeks as well as foreigners. Remember humidity indices are quite
low in summer (in Athens, not necessarilly all of the country), especially
when the etesians rull. Never has a dew point of 22C or higher been recorded
this summer, even with temperatures close to 40C. Check
http://2004.e-kairos.gr/august.html (third graph, middle of the page) for
average hourly dew points and temperatures during the current month.

Yannis, SE Athens
+32.3C, RH 35%, SLP 1006.4 hPa

"Equatorial fetch" Equatorial fetch @ btinternet.com wrote in message
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Interesting post as always Yannis.Our Paula Radcliffe runs the women's
Marathon this p.m.

Gee, I just came back from work, I hope it's not too late now that I'm
replying, the women's Marathon should be starting about now! Is there a way
you can still text her? :-)

What sort of temperatures/humidity levels would you expect
during the time concerned?

It is currently +32.2C and RH 35% here in S.E. Athens. Today's
Marathonodromes should be expecting temperatures around 27-31C during their
course. Humidity levels shouldn't be bothering them really. Here are some
webpages that can give you online reports for the route:

http://www.noa.gr/Issues/Weathergr.html (National Observatory of Athens)

http://www.emy.gr/emy/english/ath2004/stations/ams_html (Hellenic National
Meteorological Service. Slow to load, shows current temperatures or winds
around Attica. Click on site of interest for last readings).

http://www.emy.gr/emy/english/ath200...ation=marathon
(Marathon 1990-2000 average hourly data from the HNMS again).

And a very rough map of the route: http://www.e-kairos.gr/attica.gif (temps
are for 1510 UTC)

Is the course or part of it much above sea level?

No, not really. I think it's not higher than 350m at any part of the route.
Highest point is between Mt. Imittos and Mt. Penteli, while the finishing
point is at ~80m.

Enjoy the games!

Yannis, SE Athens

"Yannis" wrote in message
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especially when the etesians rull.

and that, ofcourse, should read 'rule' :-)

snip Remember humidity indices are quite low in summer (in Athens, not
necessarilly all of the country...

- I wouldn't mention that to Paula Ratcliffe at the moment if I was you!

Dave