[PIO] Announcement by the Department of Meteorology regarding the naming of the barometric low "Carmel"

Release: 16/12/2021, 16:00 (local time)

A barometric low forming Saturday morning centered in the Rhodes area is moving southeast towards the Cyprus area and deepening as a result of the dynamic instability in the middle atmosphere. Because of this, the expected weather during the period from midnight Saturday through Monday afternoon will be significant, with high rainfall, prolonged yet intense thunderstorms, strong winds and significant wave height, the Department of Meteorology, in consultation with its partners (Meteorological Services of Greece and Israel) in the naming programme for major depressions of the European Meteorological Services EUMETNET, has decided to name it "Carmel".

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Athina, Ballos, Carmel, Diomedes, Elpis, Filippos, Genesis, Helios, Irit, Kalypso, Lavi, Meliti, Nikias, Ora, Paris, Raphael, Semeli, Thomas, Urania, Vion, Xenios, Yasmin, Zefyros.

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