And today the main feature of the weather will be higher temperatures than normal for the season.
According to meteorologists the thermometer will exceed 20 degrees Celsius in many areas, while similar temperatures will also exist on Wednesday with some sparse clouds.
By the term Alcyonides Days we mean single days or more usually series of consecutive days of the winter season with great sunshine, light winds and temperature conditions such that the environment is mild, friendly and generally pleasant.
In terms of atmospheric circulation, the Alkyonide Days are associated with the prevalence of persistent high pressures and are mainly observed in the Mediterranean countries.
In the constellation of Pleiades is known, the central star and the brightest is called Alcyone. This constellation was well known and important to the Ancient Greeks, and to peoples already before us in the Middle East (Babylonians). Already, Hesiod in 800 BC writes that with this constellation they used to arrange when agricultural work or sea voyages would be done. In order for this constellation to be visible in winter, there must be a clear sky, i.e. Alkyonide Days.
Regarding the weather development, on Thursday, there will be local rains and a few storms in the Ionian, the western Peloponnese as well as the eastern Aegean.
It is likely to rain for a while in the Cyclades and western Crete.
The rainy weather will continue in the Dodecanese until noon on Friday.
In the rest of the country on Friday and Saturday, generally clear weather is expected.
From Sunday and from the west we will pass into an autumnal version of autumn with rains mainly in the west and a drop in temperature.
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