Good evening, all.

Yesterday's 39C at Elefsina was just the requiem of the relatively warm
two-days spell Greece experienced. The northeasterlies are now well
established and temperatures have dropped to comfortable levels -along with
diurnal temperature ranges. Samos, in the eastern Aegean, recorded 34.6C but
was far warmer than most of the rest of Greece; Tripolis was resting at 13C
early in the morning. Peak gusts were 47 mph at Kythira and
Thessaloniki -only 29 mph at Rhodes (Paradissi). The onset of the etesians
is said to have been quite dramatic in places like southern Evia isl.
The olympic cities reported:

Athens (Elliniko): 26-32.4C
Thessaloniki (AP): 21.2-29.2C
Irakleio (AP): 21.8-29.4C
Patras (AP): 19-31C
Volos (AP): 19-30C

Drop in dew point as of 221900C in S.E. Athens:
http://www.e-kairos.gr/diu.gif


Yannis, SE Athens
+24.6C, RH 38%, SLP 1017 hPa
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