Weather: It smelled like summer – Athenians flocked to the beaches – 2024-04-17 20:42:23

We may still be in Spring and the calendar shows April 13th, but the weather feels like summer. The temperature today Saturday will even reach 30 degrees Celsius in many areas of the country and as the forecast models show, the heat wave is still at its beginning.

According to the meteorologist of MEGA, Christina Rigou, tomorrow Sunday the heat will be even more noticeable as the meltemi in the Aegean will recede and the mercury in the eastern mainland of the country will climb to 32 degrees, i.e. 10 degrees above the normal values ​​for time.

After Tuesday, however, the temperature will return to more normal levels but the south winds will return and with them the African dust and the local mud rains.

However, many Athenians already flooded the nearby beaches where, as you will see in the video below, there are no sunbeds available!

Detailed weather forecast:

The temperature in Western Macedonia will range from 10 to 24 degrees Celsius, in the rest of Macedonia, Thrace and Thessaly from 13 to 30, in Epirus from 12 to 28, in Sterea and the Peloponnese from 12 to 30, in the Ionian Islands from 13 to 29, in the Northern and Eastern Aegean islands from 12 to 29, in the Cyclades from 15 to 24, in the Dodecanese from 16 to 24 and in Crete from 11 to 25 degrees Celsius.

Winds in the Aegean will blow from north directions 4 to 6 Beaufort and in the midday and afternoon in the Central and South Aegean 5 to 7 Beaufort. In the Ionian the winds will blow from northwest directions 3 to 5 Beaufort.

Sunshine is expected in Attica. Winds will blow from north directions 2 to 4 Beaufort and from morning to afternoon 3 to 5 Beaufort. At noon in the south the winds will locally reach 6 Beaufort. Dust concentrations in the atmosphere will be relatively high. The temperature in the center of Athens will range from 18 to 27 degrees Celsius.

Local cloudiness is expected in the prefecture of Thessaloniki, while there is a chance of local rain in the afternoon and afternoon. The winds will blow from northerly directions up to 3 Beaufort, but at noon and in the afternoon in the west they will reach 4 Beaufort. Dust concentrations in the atmosphere will be slightly increased. The temperature in the center of Thessaloniki will range from 20 to 30 degrees Celsius.