Weather: ‘Cocktail’ hot, African dust and southerly – At 28 degrees the temperature in Crete

An explosive “cocktail” of heat, African dust, and strong southerns composes the scene of today, Wednesday (27.03. 24), with the thermometer touching 28 degrees Celsius. A few 24 hours before the end of March high temperatures, especially in Crete, will be the main feature of the weather today and tomorrow, Thursday, while the atmosphere is expected suffocating due to African dust. According to the latest forecasts of meteo.gr / National Observatory of Athens, high concentrations of Saharian dust are expected on Wednesday and Thursday in most of our country. The following maps show dust concentrations near the surface at 2 noon on Wednesday and at 2am on Thursday. At the same time, according to ERT meteorologist Panayiotis Giannopoulos, mud rains will occur on Thursday, but then the weather will clear. However, he points out that high temperatures will remain for days, at least until next Tuesday (03.04.24). In fact, as Mr Giannopoulos predicts, the temperature will drop a little tomorrow, but during the weekend the thermometer in Athens is expected to reach even 25 degrees Celsius.