Friday, December 3, will be mostly cloudy with some sunny spells in Kythera. Winds will blow from the south, moderate in intensity, up to 3 Beaufort, but from early afternoon they will strengthen and reach 5 Beaufort, with gusts reaching 55 km/h. Temperatures will rise slightly, ranging from 14 to 18 degrees Celsius.
Friday's weather across the country
Rain and thunderstorms in several parts of the country. Hailstorms, mainly in the west. Southerly winds reaching up to 7 Beaufort, with local gusts of 8 Beaufort in the evening. Temperatures will rise, and dust will be carried in from Africa.
More specifically, on Friday, December 3, 2021, rain and scattered thunderstorms are expected, initially in the west, in Thrace and on some islands in the Aegean, and by evening in many parts of the country. The weather will be locally intense and, in some cases, will be accompanied by hail. The heaviest hail is expected to occur in Western Greece, where hailstones may be relatively large in some areas. At night and early in the morning, visibility will be limited in some areas. After noon, dust from Africa will begin to drift in.
Temperatures will range from -3 to 14 degrees in Western Macedonia, from 1 to 17 degrees in the rest of Northern Greece, from 5 to 18 degrees in Epirus, in Thessaly from 2 to 17, in the rest of the mainland from 6 to 20 degrees, on the Ionian Islands from 11 to 18 degrees, and in the Aegean islands and Crete from 9 to 19–20 degrees Celsius.
Winds across the country will blow from the south at 6–7 Beaufort, with the possibility of reaching 8 Beaufort locally in the southern seas during the evening hours.
In Attica, we expect cloudy skies with an increased chance of occasional rain and, in the evening, brief thunderstorms. Winds will be from the south-southwest at 5–6 Beaufort, with local gusts reaching 7 Beaufort in the evening. Temperatures will range from 12 to 19 degrees.
In Thessaloniki, we expect increased cloud cover with intermittent rain after noon and possible thunderstorms in the evening. Winds will be from the south-southeast, reaching up to 4 Beaufort. Temperatures in the city of Thessaloniki will range from 8 to 16 degrees.
