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huh? where is the Acropolis?
Winter arrived in Greece with heavy rain, strong winds, early snow in the mountains and sharp temperature drop. Sudden rain storms turned streets into rivers. the island of Zakynthos (Zante) was hit by a mini-tornado that uprooted trees, swept away stables roofs and destroyed balconies.

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Snow felt not only in some mountain areas in the north of the country (Samarina, Kastoria) but also in Mount Parnassus in Central Greece.

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The sky above Athens and the whole of Attica Prefecture is covered by heavy rain clouds, thunder and lightning predict the heavy rain that falls now and then.

While temperature in Athens is currently at 20° Celsius, it is expected to drop down to 15°-16° over the weekend. The wind currently coming form South-East, it is expected to turn North-North-East and blow with 6 to 7 Beaufort.

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Central Greece: Snow in the mountains 1000m above the sea level.
Locally in the Aegean Sea the wind will blow with intensity of up to 9B.

Snow is considered as 'premature" for this time of the year, considering the fact that temperature was above 25° C over the last weekend.

PS what are the extra signs for a change in the weather? The cats eat and sleep a lot and the family asks for lentil- or bean-soup. But I'd rather go for a kind of English breakfast with fried eggs, sausages, orange jam & butter on toast, and two nice cups of tea.

What do you cook when the first winter days arrive in... autumn?