CYPRUS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY
FORECAST FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Valid from: 1800 UTC 31/03/2026 Issued at: 1600 UTC 31/03/2026
Valid to: 1800 UTC 01/04/2026 Issued by: AC
T.O.O. 31 1600 U.T.C. MONTH MARCH 2026
Weather forecast
Part 1: WARNING NR: 05 FROM 010300UTC TILL 011200UTC : THE COMBINATION OF THE BAROMETRIC LOW 998HPA NAMED ERMINIO OVER LIPARI AND THE WEAK HIGH PRESSURE 1013HPA OVER THE SOUTH CRUSADE IS CAUSING EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS FORCE 7 TO 8 BEAUFORT OVER THE SOUTHEAST KRITIKO. THE STATE OF THE SEA WILL BE ROUGH AT TIMES MAINLY NORTHWEST PART VERY ROUGH.
Part 2: SYNOPSIS OF SURFACE WEATHER CHART 0000 U.T.C.
BAROMETRIC LOW 998HPA NAMED ERMINIO OVER LIPARI AND WEAK HIGH PRESSURE 1013HPA OVER SOUTH CRUSADE
Part 3: FORECAST FOR 24 HOURS FROM 31 1800 TO 01 1800 U.T.C.
WIND IN BEAUFORT SCALE
Southeast Kritiko
LOCAL SHOWERS AT TIMES LATER LATER LOCAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. DUST IN SUSPENSION
EAST TO SOUTHEAST 4 TO 5 SOUTH PART 5 GRADUALLY SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 7 LOCALLY 7 TO 8 END OF PERIOD 5 LOCALLY 5 TO 6
SLIGHT GRADUALLY MODERATE TO ROUGH BY END OF PERIOD NORTH PART ROUGH LOCALLY UP TO VERY ROUGH
MODERATE TO POOR IN PRECIPITATION AND IN ANY LOCALLY INCREASED DUST
Delta
LOCAL SHOWERS AT TIMES LATER BY END OF PERIOD LOCAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. DUST IN SUSPENSION
EAST TO SOUTHEAST 4 SOUTH PART 4 TO 5 GRADUALLY 5 TO 6 LOCALLY 6
SLIGHT GRADUALLY SLIGHT TO MODERATE WEST PART MODERATE BY END OF PERIOD NORTH PART MODERATE TO ROUGH LOCALLY ROUGH
MODERATE TO POOR IN PRECIPITATION AND IN ANY LOCALLY INCREASED DUST
Crusade
FAIR GRADUALLY LOCAL SHOWERS MAINLY SOUTH PART BY END OF PERIOD SOUTH PART RISK OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. DUST IN SUSPENSION MAINLY SOUTH PART
SOUTH PART NORTHEAST TO EAST 3 TO 4 GRADUALLY 4 BY END OF PERIOD SOUTHEAST 5 LOCALLY 5 TO 6 NORTH PART SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 3 SOON NORTHEAST 3 TO 4 AT TIMES NORTHEAST 4 END OF PERIOD NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST 3
SLIGHT LATER SOUTH PART SLIGHT TO MODERATE LOCALLY MODERATE
MODERATE TO POOR IN PRECIPITATION AND IN ANY LOCALLY INCREASED DUST
Taurus
WEST PART FAIR GRADUALL ISOLATED SHOWERS BY END OF PERIOD LOCAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. EAST PART FAIR GRADUALLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AT TIMES. DUST IN SUSPENSION MAINLY WEST PART
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST 3 SOON NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST 3 TO 4 LATER 5 WEST PART 5 TO 6 LOCALLY 6
EAST PART SLIGHT WEST PART SLIGHT LATER MODERATE END OF PERIOD ROUGH
MODERATE TO POOR IN PRECIPITATION AND IN ANY LOCALLY INCREASED DUST