Storm Erminio to hit Greece on Wednesday, Thursday

The Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) issued an Emergency Bulletin of Hazardous Weather Phenomena, according to which a weather system in the western Mediterranean, named ERMINIO, moving southeastward, is expected to affect most areas of the country on Wednesday and Thursday, April 1-2, bringing prolonged and intense rainfall and thunderstorms, and possibly local hailstorms.

On Wednesday, in eastern parts of the country, east-southeasterly winds of 8 to 9 Beaufort will prevail, and locally in the Dodecanese up to 10 Beaufort.

Heavy snowfall is expected on Wednesday in the mountainous areas of Epirus and Macedonia.

A. On Wednesday 

The above weather system will create a surface low over Libya, moving rapidly north-northeast.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast:

a. In the Ionian Islands from the early morning hours (orange warning).

b. In eastern Peloponnese, eastern Central Greece, Evia, Thessaly, and the Sporades from late morning until late at night (red warning).

c. In Attica from late morning until the evening (red warning).

d. In the Cyclades (mainly the northern parts) and the islands of the eastern Aegean (from Chios southwards) from the afternoon until late at night (orange warning).

e. In the Dodecanese from the afternoon (red warning).

B. On Thursday 

Heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast:

a. In the western and southern Peloponnese from the morning hours until late at night (red warning).

b. In eastern Thessaly (regional units of Larissa and Magnesia, including the Sporades) from the early hours until midday (orange warning).

c. In the regional units of Central Macedonia: Pieria, Imathia, Chalkidiki, and Serres from the morning hours until late afternoon (orange warning).

d. In Crete (mainly western and southern parts) from midday until late at night (red warning).

e. In the islands of the eastern Aegean from late afternoon (orange warning).

f. In the Dodecanese during the early hours of the day (red warning) and again from late afternoon (orange warning).

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