According to the latest announcement by ELAS, from 8:00 a.m., a ban on the movement of vehicles with a maximum authorized mass of more than 3.5 tons will come into force along the entire length of the Athens-Thessaloniki national highway in both directions, as well as on the old Athens-Thessaloniki national highway. in the evening, and not from 21:00, as initially erroneously reported by the police.

As indicated by the police, the decision was made for the safe movement of drivers due to intense weather events that will prevail in the areas of Central Greece and Attica.

Snowfall also at low altitudes

Snowfall at low altitudes on the eastern and southern parts of the mainland, as well as on the Sporades and Evia, is expected on Tuesday, according to the latest forecast data from the National Observatory of Athens / Meteo.gr. The temperature will fluctuate at low levels.

In particular, snowfall is predicted in eastern Thessaly, eastern Sterea, Sporades, Evia, in the flat parts of the eastern Peloponnese, as well as snowfall in the central and southern parts of the Aegean (with the exception of the Dodecanese), with snowfall in mountainous areas. and semi-mountainous parts of Crete. Snowfall during the early morning hours in Magnesia and Phthiotis will be heavy at times.

In the rest of the country, a temporary increase in cloud cover is expected, as well as local rain or sleet in the southern Ionian Sea and southern Peloponnese. Frosts will be observed mainly in the continental regions, where in the north they will be strong, in some places total.

Low temperatures, below normal for the season, will range, according to the meteorological service of the National Observatory of Athens, from -7 to 4 degrees in northern Greece (in western Macedonia from -11 to -2 degrees), from -4 to 5 degrees in central and southern Greece, -3 to 8 degrees in western Greece (-6 to 3 degrees in Epirus), 3 to 8 degrees in the Cyclades and Crete, 1 to 7 degrees in the islands of the eastern Aegean, and 5 to 9 degrees in Dodecanese.

Winds will blow in the Aegean from moderate to strong 5-6 Beaufort from the north, while in the Ionian Sea from the east from weak to almost moderate 3-4 Beaufort and in the Gulf of Patras a moderate 5. on the Beaufort scale.

Clouds are expected in Attica with passing snowfall, heavier in places until noon, mainly in the northern parts of the prefecture. The air temperature will fluctuate from 1 to 4 degrees Celsius, but in the north it will be 3 degrees lower. The wind will blow from the north-northeast with a moderate Beaufort force of 4-5, and from the east in the morning in some places a strong Beaufort force of 6.

In Thessaloniki, sunny weather with little cloudiness, low temperatures and frosts in the evening and early morning hours are expected. The air temperature will fluctuate from -6 to 2 degrees Celsius. Winds in Thermaikos will be light to near moderate NW winds of 3-4 Beaufort and temporarily moderate to 5 Beaufort.