Today the weather will be mainly clear, but there will be occasional localised clouds. Winds will initially blow northwest to northeast and locally variable, light to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort, gradually becoming mainly southwest to northwest of the same intensity. The sea will be generally calm to slightly rough. Temperatures will rise to around 16 degrees in the interior, south and east coasts, around 15 degrees on the west and north coasts and around 5 degrees in the higher mountains.
Tonight the weather will be mainly clear, with occasional high clouds. Winds will be mainly northwest to northeast and locally southeast to southwest light, 3 Beaufort, and the sea will be calm to slightly choppy. Temperatures will drop to around 3 degrees inland, around 4 degrees in the south and east coasts, around 6 degrees in the west and north coasts and around 2 degrees below zero in the higher mountains, where frost is expected to form.
On Thursday, the weather will be mainly cloudy with the possibility of isolated, mainly light, showers and light snowfall in the higher mountains.
On Friday, the weather will remain mainly cloudy, with local showers and snow in the higher mountains, with a gradual improvement expected from the afternoon.
On Saturday there will be partly cloudy skies with isolated rain and light snowfall, locally in the higher mountains.
Temperatures will rise slightly on Thursday and remain around the same on Friday, to be just below average on Friday,
The snow depth at Troodos Square, at the time of writing, was 49 cm.
The situation on the roads
Open only for vehicles with all four-wheel drive or fitted with anti-slip chains, due to frost forming on the road surface, the roads leading to Troodos, namely the roads Platron-Troodos, Karvouna-Troodos and Prodromos-Troodos. Due to the frost, the roads on the road network in the higher mountains of Troodos in general are slippery.
Police recommend that those travelling in the mountainous areas should exercise extreme caution, while vehicle drivers are urged to drive at a safe, low speed, maintain safe distances from vehicles ahead and give way to other passing drivers where necessary.
The rest of the road network in mountainous and urban areas, as well as on motorways, is not experiencing any particular problems this morning, Wednesday, 16 March.
Those travelling on the road network are advised to observe the Highway Code and comply with traffic signs to avoid road accidents.
It should be noted that the situation on the road network is variable. Therefore, before travelling, the public is urged to be informed about the situation on the road network, through the announcements of the Police, as published on the information website www.cypruspolicenews.com, in the category Road Network, on the Police social media accounts Road Network, on the Police social media accounts Twitter and Facebook, as well as on the application - application - "Cyprus Police".
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