The competent authorities are on high alert due to this weather vane “Barbara”as Sunday is expected to be a “tough” day for residents of many areas who are asked to limit their movements and be especially careful.

Snowfall will start from Saturday evening centrally And northern continents (mountains and semi-mountains), and on Sunday are expected snow storms in many areas, including the Attica basin.

According to relevant information from the fire department, the 6 areas expected to be “shelled” tomorrow, from dawn to Euboea, Northern Sporades, Magnesia, Phthiotis And Boeotiaand shortly before noon the snowman will reach Attica.

For this reason, messages were sent from 112 on Saturday afternoon to the aforementioned areas that are on hold. This is expected to happen tomorrow new meeting at the Ministry of Civil Protection to evaluate bad weather data.

A decision has already been made to disperse mainly its automobile and pedestrian parts. Fire Departmenther Greek policefrom Armed forcesbut also the forces of the National Emergency Center at base stations, especially in areas that are expected to be affected.

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Snow in Attica at noon

Especially for her AtticaEMY predicts for tomorrow that snowfall will occur from noon in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas, and from noon they will intensify, mainly in the north and east, and even in the lower regions it will snow. Overnight snowfall will show a temporary decline, and on Monday it will continue with less intensity.

Already at 18:00 on Saturday, by the decision of the head of the traffic of Attica, it is mandatory that all vehicles traveling in Attica be equipped with anti-skid chains or other similar anti-skid devices.. The fine, according to the law, is 80 euros.

To this end, there will be strict control special workshops that will be located at various key points on the road network of Attica and throughout Greece.

Sunday storm turnaround

1. From early morning on the islands of the northern Aegean we will have snow in Chalkidiki and Thrace. Apparitions from the noon hours in Chalkidiki and Thrace will present a temporary recession.
2. From the noon hours they will intensify and affect the Sporades, Thessaly (especially eastern Magnesia), Evia and eastern Sterea. Snowfall will also occur in the low-lying areas of Boeotia and Evia.
3. From the second half of the day in the mountains, mainly in the northern Cyclades, as well as in the mountainous and semi-mountainous regions of Crete, snow will fall, in some places heavy snowfall.

At the same time, gradual temperature drop from north to south, about 8-10 degrees Celsius. This will lead to the predominance of severe frosts mainly in the continental regions, in places continuous in the central and northern regions (negative temperatures during the day).

Finally, it will be windy at noon gusty north-northeast windintensity of 8 to 9 on the Beaufort scale in the seas, which will gradually weaken from Sunday afternoon in the Ionian Sea and from Tuesday in the Aegean Sea.

Sunday weather from Meteo

Weather features will be:

• Rains in the south and in some places heavy snowfalls and snowstorms to the lowlands in the east of the mainland and in the northern part of the Aegean Sea.
• Storms are accompanied by hail mainly in the southern parts of the sea.
• Significant drop in temperature throughout the country.
• Severe frost in the north.
• Wind up to 8-9 points on the Beaufort scale at sea.

In more detail, on Sunday, rains and local thunderstorms are expected initially. Aegean Sea possible hail.

Local and small snowfalls are possible in places. Macedonia And her Thracewhile in the lowlands, local rains and snowfalls are expected even in areas with low altitude Eastern Continent And her Northeast Peloponnese.

Before noon and with a parallel decrease in temperature from north to south phenomena are expected to increase. Thus, they are given heavy snowfall and local blizzards to low-lying parts in the northern Aegean, the southernmost parts of Halkidiki, southeastern Thessaly, Sporades, Evia and the Eastern Continent (including Attica).

Snow expected even in low-lying areas in the afternoon Northern and Eastern Peloponnese.

Showers and local thunderstorms are expected, possibly with hail. Crete while heavy snowfalls are expected first in the mountainous and gradually in the semi-mountainous parts of the island.

In the afternoon/early evening, snowfall is also expected in low-lying areas on Cyclades. In the evening hours in Thrace and on the islands of the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea, intensity and generalization of snowfalls is expected.

OUR temperature it will fluctuate in Western Macedonia from -13 to 0 degrees, in the rest of Northern Greece from -11 to 5 degrees, in Epirus from -12 to 8 degrees, in Thessaly from -12 to 5 degrees, in the rest of the mainland from -11 to 10, on the islands of Iptane from 2 to 8 degrees, on the islands of the North Aegean from -2 to 5 and on the rest of the islands and in Crete from -1 to 13 degrees Celsius.

winds in the Aegean and Ionian Seas, winds will usually blow from the north with a force of up to 8-9 points on the Beaufort scale.

IN Attica initially we expect cloudy skies with possible localized snowfall in the north/northeast of the prefecture. Until noon, even in low-lying parts of the prefecture, heavy snowfalls and possibly blizzards are expected. The effects will be temporarily reduced, but will persist. The wind will predominantly blow from the northwest up to 4-5 Beaufort and from the east up to 6-7 Beaufort. The air temperature will fluctuate from -2 to 4-5 degrees, but in the north, west and east it will be lower in places up to 3-4 degrees.

IN Thessaloniki waiting for the clouds. The wind will blow from the northwest with a force of up to 4-5 on the Beaufort scale. The air temperature will fluctuate from 0 to 5 degrees with a further decrease in the evening hours.