Severe cold and snow - The temperature drops again

Patient high blood pressure will gradually begin to affect the area.

Today, periods of sunshine will alternate with periods of increased cloudiness. From noon onwards, however, the weather will be generally partly cloudy and in places isolated light rains and light snowfall are expected locally in the mountains. The winds will be westerly to northwesterly, moderate to strong, 4 to 5 Beaufort and locally in the leeward strong, 5 Beaufort. The sea will be up to turbulent, on the south and east coasts and up to wavy, on the west and north coasts. The temperature will rise to around 16 degrees inland, around 18 on the south and east coasts, around 17 on the west and north coasts and around 7 degrees in the higher mountains.

Tonight, the weather will be partly cloudy and is expected locally, mainly in the west, in the north or inland, isolated rain and light snow locally in the mountains. Later, however, the weather is expected to become mostly clear in several areas. The winds will initially blow westerly to northwesterly, moderate, 4 Beaufort to later become mainly northwesterly to northerly, light to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort and locally moderate, 4 Beaufort. The sea will be up to turbulent, on the south and east coasts and up to wavy, on the west and north coasts. The temperature will drop to around 6 degrees inland, around 10 on the south and east coasts, around 12 on the west and north coasts and around minus 1 degree in the higher mountains. Frost is expected in the mountains.

On Wednesday, the weather will be mostly clear. On Thursday, the weather will be mostly clear but later temporarily increased clouds that will be observed in places likely to give isolated rain and in the higher mountains light snowfall. On Friday, the weather will be partly cloudy and it is not excluded locally that there will be isolated light rain as well as light snowfall locally in the higher mountains.

The temperature will gradually drop until Thursday and not a significant change on Friday, to be below the average climatic values.

The height of the snow, in Troodos square, at the time of issuance of the bulletin, was 22 cm.