Wintry weather forecast for Christmas

Winter weather is forecast for Greece this Christmas and December 26 with heavy rain and snowfall in some parts of the country. 

Snowfall is forecast for Christmas Day and December 26 across the mountainous regions of mainland Greece, as well as the mountains of Evia and Crete, and the semi-mountainous areas of central and northern Greece.

Heavy snowfall is expected from Christmas afternoon and December 26 in the mountains of eastern Macedonia and Thrace. 

Heavy rain and mainly coastal thunderstorms are forecast for Christmas Day in the Sporades, central and northern Evia, the Dodecanese, the southernmost parts of the East Aegean (Samos - Ikaria area) and, from the afternoon hours, in eastern Thessaly (Magnesia), the eastern mainland, southern Evia and the western Cyclades.

On December 26, heavy rain is forecast for eastern Thessaly (Magnesia), the...