At the mercy of Penelope across the country – heavy snow and windy winds



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  • The temperature has plummeted since the new wave of bad weather called Penelope
  • It snows in many parts of the country and it is necessary to use chains
  • Due to windy winds reaching the ten beaches of many ports, the ships remain attached because there are
  • Bad weather should continue Friday

Heavy is the new wave of bad weather called Penelope who swept the country on Thursday morning. The temperature has plummeted, it has snowed in many areas and stormy winds.

There are many counties in the country where have "dressed in white"while the first snowflakes appeared in Parnitha.

It's snowing Thursday morning in Trikala, Florina, Pelion and many parts of northern Greece (Pertouli, Elati, Lake Plastira, Pisoderi, Neraidochori Trikala, Xania Pelion, Nymphaio). Destruction caused by heavy rains caused by torrential rains occurred in Lesbos.

In the mountainous region of Pelion the snowmobiles were rented as in Pertouli.

Note that according to the police there was a snow stop on the provincial road of Kissos – Chania (ski resort trail) and the traffic is from an alternative route. It is also necessary to use anti – slip chains on the provincial road of Volos – Zagora and on the provincial road of Chania – Drakeia.

In the meantime, particularly low temperatures and strong winds prevail in Evros and slight snowfall was recorded in the northern part of the prefecture. The mercury at Soufli fell to -3 degrees Celsius, -2 to Orestiada and Didimoticho, and 1 degree to Alexandroupolis where strong winds were blowing from the north.

In the city of Larissa, only the temperature drop recalls … the beginning of winter. In the mountain of Kissavos, however, in Spilia, the snow has already covered everything.

"Whites" of Samothrace

Heavy snowfall also occurred in Samothrace, with very low temperatures. Due to today's snowfall, kindergartens have been closed.

Heavy snowfall in Trikala

The first snowflakes in Trikala, creating an incredible landscape, but they also created problems.


Where they need chains

The road network of the West Macedonia region poses many problems

Grevena
Vehicle traffic on the Egnatia motorway, as well as on the entire national and provincial road network, is normally carried out.

Kastoria
Vehicle traffic only occurs through the use of anti-slip chains from 180 to 280 km from the Kastoria-Florina Provincial Road (via Vitsi).

Vehicle traffic on the vertical axis of the Egnatia highway, as well as on the national road network and the rest of the provincial road network is normally carried out.

Kozani
Vehicle traffic on the Egnatia highway, on the vertical axis of the Egnatia highway, as well as on the entire national and provincial road network is normally carried out.

Florina
The traffic of the vehicles is carried out only with the help of anti-slip chains:

– from the 8th to the 25th km of the Florina – Kastoria (via Vigla)

– from the 20th to the 30th km of the provincial road Florina-Kastoria (via Vitsi) and

– on the Atei-Nymphaion provincial road.

Automobile traffic along the Egnatia highway, as well as the rest of the national and provincial road network, is normally carried out.

More than 10,000 eclairs until noon

A major lightning activity accompanies the last phase of the bad weather Penelope, with more than 10,000 thunderbolts have registered the ZEOS system from the national observatory / meteo.gr until Thursday noon.

Huge waves covered the port of Chania

Impressive images of Chania as the waves completely cover the old harbor.

The strong winds blowing in the area caused huge waves that literally covered the lighthouse and the harbor in general. The sea has become one with the land.

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Strong winds keep ships at a standstill at ports – where there is a ban

Because of the strong winds that blow in many areas of the Aegean Sea and reach the 9th and 10th Beaufort the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrion are prohibited from expulsion.


For Argosaronikos, hydrofoil services are not carried out.
Also lines Rio – Antirio, Ag Marina – Nea Styra, Arkitsa – Edipsos, Prinos Kavalas – Thbados, Keramoti – Limenas Thbados and Alexandroupolis-Samothraki. Pbadengers traveling today must contact local port authorities and travel agencies prior to departure.

No short sea shipping for Samothraki for the second day

No short sea shipping has been left for the second consecutive day Samothraki, due to deteriorating weather conditions and especially strong winds of 7 to 8 beaufort in the Thracian Sea.

According to the shipowner, itineraries will take place on Fridays at 4 pm and Saturdays at 11 am from Alexandroupolis to Samothraki and from the coastal island to the port of the capital, Evros, at 7 pm and on Saturday at 2 pm, as the weather improves, as predicted by HMC.

The wave of bad weather continues on Friday

The weather will continue tomorrow Friday with the thermometer remains low for the season. Depending on the weather, the temperature will range from -1 to 7 degrees in northern Greece (in Western Macedonia, 3-4 degrees lower), 5 to 9 degrees in central and southern Greece, 0 to 12 degrees in western Greece, 10 to 14 degrees in Cyclades and Crete, 7 at 12 degrees in the eastern Aegean islands and up to 17 degrees in the Dodecanese.

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