New storm front to hit Greece from Sunday 1 November, with rain up to 210 mm forecast

A brief lull before the next system

Showers and storms are easing on Thursday, 29 October, although a Red Code alert remains in force for the Sporades, eastern Thessaly and Magnesia, northern Evia and the Dodecanese. Temperatures are expected to reach up to 21 degrees Celsius, while Aegean winds could still blow up to 6 Beaufort. Rain in Attica is forecast to end by midday, with the last showers falling in the north of the region early in the day. Forecasters say the improvement is only temporary.

Friday, 30 October, is expected to be milder, with two shallow low-pressure systems over the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Seas causing brief local showers. Aegean winds should stay at 4 to 5 Beaufort. ERTnews meteorologist Anastasia Tyraski says the day will remain unsettled, with no heavy rain or storms expected. Temperatures could reach 22 degrees Celsius.

Saturday and the approaching low

Rain returns on Saturday, 31 October, and a low-pressure system begins to organise over southern Italy. Forecasts put the largest local totals in Thessaly at up to 24 mm, while the Ionian and the mainland see most of the showers. Klearchos Marousakis of Open says very cold air from northern and northeastern Europe will move south and meet relatively warm seas. That collision is expected to produce a new spell of bad weather that spreads from west to east. Saturday temperatures should stay near seasonal levels, reaching 21 to 22 degrees in the south.

Sunday and Monday peak

The low moves in from Italy on Sunday, 1 November, and Marousakis expects rain of long duration and storms across most of the country. Snow is forecast to return to the mountains of the central mainland, and temperatures will fall. Kolydas cites ICON model output that puts local daily rain in Central Macedonia at up to 151 mm on Sunday, with 54 mm expected between 15:00 and 18:00. Winds turn east-southeast, reaching 5 Beaufort in the Ionian with gusts up to 80 km/h.

Monday, 2 November, is expected to bring the highest intensity of the spell. Dimitris Ziakopoulos says rain and storms will be locally strong, and temperatures will drop in the west, centre and north. The ICON model shows up to 210 mm in Central Macedonia, with most of it falling between 12:00 and 15:00. Southerly winds of 5 to 7 Beaufort are forecast at first, with gusts up to 112 km/h in the Ionian and 85 km/h in the Aegean, before winds gradually turn northerly.

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Ten days of unsettled weather

Marousakis says successive bad weather spells will affect the country from Sunday, and the unsettled pattern is expected to continue through the first ten days of November. Kolydas expects maximum temperatures around 14 to 15 degrees Celsius in early November. In Thessaloniki, temperatures are forecast to fall to 12 to 13 degrees in early November. Snow is expected on mountains in the northern and central mainland as the cold air settles in. Forecasts for the period after Monday remain less certain, and forecasters are updating their outlooks as the models change.