African dust “breathed” Attica and Crete – Gradually retreated from the afternoon, see pictures

Covered by a dense cloud is from Thursday morning (28.03). 24) the Attic sky. The combination of heat and African dust has created an explosive cocktail, making the atmosphere suffocating, especially in Crete, where temperatures of more than 30 degrees Celsius have also occurred today. Indicative are the following images from both Attica and Crete, which record the intensity of the phenomenon, with experts hitting “kakanaki” in vulnerable groups. According to records of the air quality station of meteo.gr / National Observatory of Athens in Rethymno, high concentrations of Saharian dust were recorded in the mid-day hours of Thursday. As can be seen from the following graph, PM10 particle concentrations exceeded 180 μg/m3 at 12:30 and since then gradually retreat, as expected and based on the forecasts of the Dust/METEO National Observatory of Athens’s dust transfer model. When the dust retreats From its side, the well-known meteorologist Clearch Marousakis predicts that since Thursday afternoon African dust will begin to retreat. “After this powerful episode of African dust is expected gradually to normalise the whole situation from this afternoon and from the west as the wind will return to a northwest by removing these large quantities to Turkey and Cyprus. This will improve the air quality a great deal tomorrow and also over the weekend. But this won’t last for long since in Sunday and especially early next week a new milder episode of African dust will affect our region,” he notes.