An unsteady air mass is gradually starting to affect the area while a cold air mass will continue to affect the island until Friday.
Today the weather will initially be partly cloudy and partly cloudy, with local showers and the possibility of isolated thunderstorms, mainly from midday onwards. Snowfall is expected in the mountains. Winds will initially blow northwest to northeast, light to moderate, 3 to 4 Beaufort and locally on the windward coast, moderate, 4 Beaufort, while gradually by the afternoon they will become mainly southwest to west, of the same intensity. The sea on the east coast will be a little choppy and on the rest of the coast calm to a little choppy. Temperatures will rise to around 12 degrees inland, around 15 degrees on the west and north coasts, around 14 degrees on the rest of the coast and around one degree in the higher mountains where frost will prevail.
Tonight the weather will be partly cloudy and partly cloudy at times, with the possibility of isolated rain, mainly in the west and north. Snow is likely in the mountains. Winds will be mainly, northwest to northeast and locally up to southeast, light, 3 Beaufort. The sea will be generally calm to a little rough. Temperatures will drop to around 1 degree inland, around 3 on the coast and around 4 degrees below zero in the higher mountains. In the mountains, semi-mountains and some inland areas, frost is expected to form.
On Wednesday and Thursday, the weather will be partly cloudy and mostly cloudy at times, with local showers and isolated thunderstorms. Snowfall is expected in the mountains.
On Friday, the weather will be mainly clear, with passing clouds likely to bring isolated showers, mainly in the morning hours.
The temperature is not expected to show any significant change until Thursday, remaining below the climatic averages.
On Friday it is expected to rise slightly. The snow depth at Troodos Square, at the time of writing, was 43 cm.
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