A yellow warning in effect from seven in the morning until seven tonight has been issued by the meteorological department.
According to the warning, a combination of rain and isolated strong thunderstorms is expected to affect the region. The total rainfall may locally exceed 55 millimeters per twelve hours.
According to the detailed forecast, it is expected to snow intermittently in the higher mountains, while snow or sleet may also fall in mountainous regions with a lower altitude.
The temperature will rise to around 12 degrees inland, around 14 on the south and east coasts, around 15 on the rest of the coast and around 2 degrees in the higher mountains.
Tonight the mercury will drop to around 3 degrees inland, around 5 on the south and east coasts, around 10 on the west and north coasts and around minus 2 degrees in the higher mountains.
Detailed weather report
Low pressure and a relatively cold air mass affect the region.
Today the weather will be mostly cloudy with rain and isolated storms, initially mainly in the western and southern areas and gradually in the rest of the island. It is expected to snow intermittently in the higher mountains, while snow or sleet may also fall in mountainous areas with a lower altitude. Winds will initially blow mainly west to northwest and locally variable, weak and transient locally to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort, to become from noon mainly northwest to north, weak to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort and transient on the windward coast to strong, 4 to 5 Beaufort. The sea will be rough to the point of becoming rough on the western and northern coasts. The temperature will rise to around 12 degrees in the interior, around 14 on the south and east coasts, around 15 on the rest of the coasts and around 2 degrees in the higher mountains. Frost will form in the mountains and locally in the leeward semi-mountains.
Tonight the weather will initially be mostly cloudy and local rains or isolated storms are expected, as well as snow in the higher mountains, but also in mountainous areas with a lower altitude. Gradually the weather will improve noticeably. The winds will blow west to northwest and locally to north, moderate, 4 Beaufort and in the windward to strong, 4 to 5 Beaufort, but transiently in the west and on the northern coasts to very strong, 5 to 6 Beaufort. The sea will be rough on the western and northern coasts and even rough on the rest of the coasts. The temperature will drop to around 3 degrees inland, around 5 on the south and east coasts, around 10 on the west and north coasts and around minus 2 degrees in the higher mountains. Frost is expected to form in the mountains and locally in the leeward semi-mountains.
On Thursday the weather will be mostly sunny. On Friday the weather will initially be partly cloudy with isolated showers, but after midday it will become mostly cloudy and local showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected, as well as snow in the higher mountains. On Saturday, isolated rain and snow are initially expected in the mountains, but gradually the weather will become mostly sunny.
The temperature will gradually rise until Friday, to fluctuate near or even slightly above the average climatic values for the season. A slight fall is expected on Saturday.
The height of the snow in Troodos Square, at the time of issuance of the bulletin, was 4 cm.