Weather – Marousakis: Hot, mud rains and intense dust over the next 48 hours

Mud rains and African dust will be its main features for the next 48 hours in much of the country, as noted by the well-known meteorologist, . With an analysis on his website (marousakis.gr) Clearchos Marousakis notes for the time of the next few days that a barometric low off the coast of northern Africa will move east northeast resulting in the transportation of very hot gases of masses and at the same time African dust. In fact, as he notes “the next 48 hours the rains we expect to fall in our country will be mud rains.” “The chart below shows the layout of barometric systems above the Elder Continent where towards the coast of northern Africa we locate with the letter “X” the barometric low to which we mentioned above” continues. Intense episode of African dust In the same analysis he notes that: “One of the characteristics of Spring is the episodes of African dust which in recent years, because of desertification, have become increasingly frequent as well as more intense. An episode of African dust begins when a barometric low passes over wasteland or passes near them creating conditions that may lead to transportation of African dust. This is because in a barometric low there are upward movements of air and so quantities of African dust drift to greater altitudes in the atmosphere and combined with the general atmospheric circulation they shift even to very large latitudes. There have been times when in Europe’s northern latitudes and not only has snow been seen changing colors because of this development. The dust grains function as condensation cores by many times altering the rain – snow – storm processes both in their intensity and in their evolution in general. The dust cycle in the atmosphere is nowadays simulated by weather models and even by several large success rates. The map that follows our forecast model shows the simulation of the dust episode that will occupy our country from the next few hours and not only where the darker colors correspond to very large quantities of African dust. With the mechanisms of liquid and dry deposition available to the atmosphere, it is expected to be removed towards the end of the week by the next episode.” Mud rains and heat The displacement of this low barometric emphasizes “will lead to high temperatures for the season which locally may reach all 27 to 30 degrees Celsius. In the above development it plays an important role in the wind field where as it interacts with the topography of our country it creates the descending wind, a wind which, as it descends from mountain volumes, is further heated as it leads to areas of greater atmospheric pressure. The champion of the downwind phenomenon is Crete where in most cases it records the greatest intensity in the downwinds and thus the highest temperatures. This will also happen now where it is unlikely to meet temperatures to northern Crete even above 30 degrees Celsius. In the set of maps with white circles we note the areas where this phenomenon will take place, while in the latter map we note the storm zone that is expected to form towards the northwest parts of our country.”