Meteorology

Climate change is effectively reducing the year's seasons to two, according to the head of the Greek Meteorological Society.

"We have observed the expansion of summer into the fall, while winter - especially the winter of 2023 - is showing higher temperatures, mainly because of climate change," Panagiotis Nastos told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.

Online weather forecaster Kerem Ökten faces a criminal complaint from Professor Dr. Mikdat Kadıoğlu for allegedly using a fake diploma, while on the other hand, Ökten has denied misleading claims of being a meteorology graduate, attributing his popularity to being passionate.

One more icy day with ice expected locally warned the Republic Hydrometeorological Institute (RHMZ).

Daily temperature from minus 3 to 0 degrees, except in Negotinska Krajina where it will be a little warmer.

A second wave of bad weather is expected within the next few days to hit Greece, with a significant drop in temperature and snowfall even at lower altitudes, according to meteorologists' forecasts.

Get ready for a pleasant midweek as Bulgaria braces for a day of dry, warm weather. According to meteorological forecasts, Wednesday promises a calm climate across the nation with temperatures hovering between minus 1 to 14 degrees Celsius.

Local storms with strong wind and mild temperatures are forecast from late afternoon on Sunday until the evening hours of Monday.

The eastern and southern parts of the country expect local heavy rains and storms, hail and strong gusty winds.

Some have managed to record this unique phenomenon.
Professor Vladan Duci, Ph.D., noted that as a professional who studies these phenomena, nothing is unusual for him, and that the aurora borealis over Belgrade could be seen in 2000, on April 6 and 7.

State meteorologists are advising citizens to brace for a week of wet weather, with extensive rainfall anticipated across the nation, particularly on Nov. 2 and 3.

Turkish State Meteorological Service's latest weekly forecast report reveals that the onset of rains will commence in the western and southern regions of the country on Oct. 31.

The minimum temperatures will be between 8 and 16 degrees Celsius, in Sofia around 12°C, and the maximum between 25 and 30 degrees, in Sofia around 26°C.

Smoke from the forest fires burning in Greece has spread across most of the Eastern Mediterranean, with the National Observatory of Athens' Meteo meteorological service reporting that the Thrace blazes in particular are releasing enormous volumes of microparticles that have now made their way to Malta and southern Italy.