Sunday 18 November 2007

Bad weather all over Greece (photos)

As I have already written it's not usual to see lightnings and thunders during the months from November til March in North Greece.
However, yesterday thunderstorms and rainfalls were covering almost whole Greece.
The weather in Athens was really interesting yesterday. In the beggining of the day a large funnel cloud was whirling and many damages would have been caused if it had touched down! Photos like these are seen mainly in USA and it looks like a tornado!


The photos are taken by Kostas Vitsios

Later in the day, another thunderstorm was getting closer Athens with this fascinating wall cloud!

Photo taken by Maria Kavadia

So, two thunderstorms struck Athens with severe rainfalls and hail!
Similar phenomena were affecting other areas in Greece.

Also in North Greece!
More thunderstorms could be seen yesterday night around Thessaloniki. It started rumbling around 21:30 and I noticed many lightnings from NE to S! I was informed, that a huge multicell was covering an area from Halkidiki to Rumania! Although the thunderstorm wasn't getting closer, it was thundering for over ~5 hours!
But Thermaikos gulf made a thunderstorm by himself and at 2.30 the thunderstorm was giving severe rainfalls and loud rumbles! Everything ended after 30 minutes and the thunderstorm was turning to North.

Videos will be posted later

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