Greece’s National Meteorological Service (EMY) issued an emergency bulletin on Saturday warning of heavy rainfalls and storms. The weather phenomena are expected to be particularly intense in north-western Greece.

According to the weather warning of EMY, mainly affected are regions in the mainland of north-western Greece and the islands in the northern Ionian Sea.

Heavy rainfalls and storms are expected in Corfu, Paxos and Epirus as of the afternoon on Saturday, August 30. They will be accompanied by temporary hailstorms.

The bad weather front is forecast to be of short duration and last until the early hours of Sunday, August 31, 2025.

According to the meteo service of the National Observatory of Athens, affected will be also western Macedonia.

The weather phenomena in these areas will be intense.

During the night towards Sunday, Aug 31, the phenomena will extend -with lesser intensity – to the Central Ionian Islands and to areas of Western Central and Central-Eastern Macedonia.

Temporary rainfalls or storms will also occur locally in areas of Central Sterea and Thessaly.

The forecast maps that follow for the periods Saturday 30/08, 18:00 – 21:00, Sunday 31/08, 00:00 – 03:00 and Sunday 31/08, 03:00 – 06:00 show the areas where rains or storms will occur and the areas where the greatest probability of hail is identified. Black dots depict hail with sizes up to 2 centimeters, red triangles depict hail with sizes larger than 2 centimeters, while white dots indicate where large amounts of hail are expected.

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via meteo.gr

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