The wintry scene will accompany us until the end of January as the weather "menu" until Sunday includes rain, snowfall, thunderstorms and bitter cold.
A cold air mass affects the region until Saturday while low pressure and a warmer air mass is expected on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the snow depth, at Troodos Square, at the time of writing was 80 cm.
What the weather has in store for us until Sunday
Today, periods of sunshine will alternate with clouds, while isolated light showers or even light snowfall are not excluded[/B] locally in the mountains and early in the morning locally in the semi-mountains. Soon the weather will improve. Winds will blow mainly west to northwest, light to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort, but in the headwinds strong, 5 Beaufort. The sea will be choppy to choppy, in the south and east but to choppy on the rest of the coast. The temperature will rise to around 11 degrees inland, around 13 degrees on the coast and around 2 degrees in the higher mountains, where frost will persist locally.
Tonight the weather will be mainly clear, but the western half of the island will see locally increasing clouds. Winds will blow northwest to northeast and locally west, light to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort but initially, on the west coast, up to strong, 4 to 5 Beaufort. The sea will become slightly choppy in the south and east, but choppy on the rest of the coast. The temperature will drop to around one degree inland, around 5 degrees on the coast and around minus 4 degrees in the higher mountains. Frost will form in the mountains, in the semi-mountains and in leeward areas of the interior.
On Friday the weather will be partly cloudy and mostly cloudy[/B] in places, with isolated showers and occasional snowfall locally in the mountains.
On Saturday the weather will be initially mainly clear, but from midday onwards it will become partly cloudy and locally mainly cloudy, with the possibility of isolated showers or occasional snowfall locally in the mountains.
On Sunday the weather will gradually become mainly cloudy, with local showers at times, isolated thunderstorms and snowfall locally in the higher mountains.
The temperature is not expected to show any significant change on Friday, while a slight rise is expected on Saturday, to be just below average climatic values. On Sunday a slight further rise in temperature is expected, to be close to average climatic values.
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