While a yellow heatwave warning holds inland Cyprus in its grip, the island’s mountains have found some relief. Videos shared by residents on social media on Thursday showed rain falling over the highlands, offering a welcome breath of cooler air.
This afternoon
Clouds building mainly over the mountains are set to bring isolated rain and an isolated storm. Winds will drift in from the southwest to northwest at a light three to four Beaufort, picking up to four or five on the south and east coasts. The sea stays largely calm, turning slightly choppy at times in exposed spots.
Tonight
Skies clear for the most part, though low cloud will drift in and out along the coast. Winds ease into a gentle downslope breeze at three Beaufort, with calm to slightly rough seas. Temperatures settle around 24 degrees inland, 25 on the coast and a cooler 21 up in the higher mountains.
Tomorrow
Mostly clear again, with cloud building over the mountains and inland from midday, bringing isolated rain and storms, possibly with hail. Winds pick up from the southwest to northwest, three to four Beaufort, strengthening to four or five along the south and east coasts by afternoon, when the sea turns briefly choppy in windward areas. The heat returns in force: around 38 degrees inland, 30 on the west and southwest coasts, 34 elsewhere on the coast and 27 in the higher mountains.
Saturday to Monday
Much the same pattern holds across most of the island: clear skies give way to mountain and inland cloud from midday, with isolated rain, storms and the chance of hail. Temperatures ease gradually over the three days, dipping slightly below the seasonal average.
Read more:
