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Default Athenian draught comes to an end (?) in a spectacular way...

.... just like it started(*).

A heavy thunderstorm hit Athens this evening, mostly after 11pm local time,
affecting the whole prefecture of Attica, NE Peloponnese, Evia island,
Boeotia and Fthiotida (ie eastern central continental Greece). More than 81
discharges/minute (and it wasn't just the idea of the lightning maps!),
flash floods, thunders striking the ground and a peak rainfall intensity of
221.7 mm/h at 2318C. The downpour didn't last too long (at this site), so
only 10-20 mm were recorded in the eastern/southeastern suburbs. Now still
overcast with occasional light rain showers.

Heavy rainfalls were reported from much of continental Greece throughout the
day -Thessaloniki was quite wet to say the least- after the last few foggy
days. Snow has been falling over higher grounds in the north of the country
since the afternoon. More heavy rainfall and thunderstorms are forecast for
the next couple of days in the west and north of the country, where it
hasn't been too dry at all.

(*) every month since February 2004 has been drier than usual in Athens.
Relatively dry weather started right after the severe blizzards of February
12th-14th. The heavy snowfalls of January 1992 and January 2002 were also
followed by dry spells.

Yannis, SE Athens
+17.4C, RH 84%, SLP 1020.5 hPa



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Default Athenian draught comes to an end (?) in a spectacular way...

And a picture from the event showing a c-g thunder hitting Terpsithea,
Glyfada, where I reside (I think it was at ~122315C)

Yannis, SE Athens
+16.9C, RH 72%, SLP 1021.4 hPa, OVC


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And the link...

http://dias.aueb.gr/~nnoe/KATAIGIDES...YNOI/super.JPG




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