Penelope climbing with snow, windy winds and 10,000 lightning (images, video)



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Penelope, the new wave of weather characterized mainly by low temperatures and windy winds, has made its presence felt in many parts of the country.

Already, the first snows have appeared in Trikala, Pelion, Kozani and Samothraki. However, in some areas, such as Mytilini, heavy rainfall has caused problems.

Problems also arise in coastal navigation due to the detention of the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrion, because of the strong winds that hit many areas of the Aegean reaching 9 and 10 beautiful ports.

For Argosaronikos, hydrofoil services are not carried out.

Also lines Rio – Antirio, Ag Marina – Nea Styra, Arkitsa – Edipsos, Prinos Kavalas – Thbados and Keramoti – Limenas Thbados.

For the second consecutive day of Samothraki, no coastal connection remained due to the deterioration of weather conditions and in particular strong winds of 7 to 8 bursts blowing into the Thracian Sea.

According to the shipowner, the itineraries will take place tomorrow at 16:00 and Saturday at 11:00 from Alexandroupolis to Samothraki and from the border island to the port of the capital of Evros tomorrow at 19:00 and the following day at 14:00, as conditions weather conditions improve, as according to the HNM.

Pbadengers traveling today must contact local port authorities and travel agencies prior to departure.

In the meantime, particularly low temperatures and strong winds prevail in Evros and light snowfall has been 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.

Hionia in Pelion: Local Business – Anti-skid chains needed in multiple locations

In the mountainous region of Pelion in Magnesia, because of the snowfall of the last hours, the machines of the region of Thessaly work.

Kolindrin Dorothea, Deputy Regional Governor of Thessaly, told APE-MPA that the snow depth was 10 centimeters from the Southendri area to Peloponnisos, while six market gardeners worked at different times.

Ms Kolyndinis notably argued that there were no particular problems in the road network of the region, noting, of course, that it was necessary to use anti-slip chains, especially in the evening when the temperature drops.

It should be noted that, according to the police, traffic on the county road of Kissos – Chania (road leading to a ski resort) has been interrupted and that the traffic comes 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.

Hionia in Kozani, Samothraki and Trikala

The first snow fell on Wednesday night in Kozani without causing any problems, but the snow was more dense in the mountainous areas of the prefecture.

In the white and Samothrace where temperatures are very low, but also in Trikala, the snow was dense.

Hionia and Parnitha

But Hionia has appeared in more southern regions and especially in Parnitha, as shown in the video published by the Bafi shelter.

The sea has swallowed the Venetian port in Chania

Penelope also hit Crete. The pelican waves "swallow" the Venetian port of Chania while the bad weather runs through the city.

As a video from zarpanews.gr shows, the sea has been unloaded and the streets of the city have turned into rivers.

In many cases, firefighters were called out and even had to remove a fallen tree from bad weather and high winds.

10,000 lightning in a few hours

Significant flashes were badociated with the last phase of bad weather, Penelope, with more than 10,000 lightning strikes recorded by the ZEUS system from the National Observatory / meteo.gr until Thursday 29/11 at 15 hours.

According to meteo.gr, there is the cold phase of the bad weather of "Penelope", resulting in significant rainfall in the east of the country and in the Aegean, snowfall in the mountains but also in the regions of low altitude of Thrace, as well as windy areas. Winds from north to east.

The weather in the next days

For tomorrow Friday 30/11/2018, there will be initial clouds with transient rains in the eastern continents (from Volos to the south) and transient snowfall in mountainous and semi-mountainous regions, while thunderstorms local will manifest in the south of the Aegean, which will gradually be limited to Crete and the Dodecanese, and will weaken.

In the rest of the country, the weather will be improved with some transient clouds. Frost will be seen early in the morning on the northern continents.

The north winds in the Aegean will initially blow 8 Beaufort, with a gradual weakening during the day when they will not exceed 7 beaufort at night (Map 2, right). The temperature is low for the levels of the season.

According to the available forecasts, the weather will be better on the weekends of 01/12 and 02/12/2018 with the exception of northern Ionia and north-west, where local rains are expected on Saturday 01/12/2018.

The winds will weaken and will not exceed 5 to 6 beauties in tension, while the temperature will remain low for the season.

More detailed forecasts are given in the city and sea forecasts, navigation charts and wave charts, as well as in the interactive map of dangerous weather events.

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