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Title: The weather
Post by: Alison&John on June 20, 2007, 12:32:16 PM
We've always visited Plakias in Spring or Autumn before but this year we're visiting next week (June 26).  I had a quick look at the BBC weather page and it is predicting a temperature of 45C on Sunday.  What will this be like?  Will there be a breeze?  Will I need to stay in my room with the A/C on!?  Any tips?
Thanks Alison
Title: The weather
Post by: Mike G on June 20, 2007, 01:23:35 PM
Quote from: Alison&John
We've always visited Plakias in Spring or Autumn before but this year we're visiting next week (June 26).  I had a quick look at the BBC weather page and it is predicting a temperature of 45C on Sunday.  What will this be like?  Will there be a breeze?  Will I need to stay in my room with the A/C on!?  Any tips?
Thanks Alison
It still is!!!! However Yahoo is only saying 30C which is a huge difference. I shouldn't like the former, although others like George might.

Mike
Title: The weather
Post by: George on June 20, 2007, 01:32:18 PM
Quote from: Alison&John
We've always visited Plakias in Spring or Autumn before but this year we're visiting next week (June 26).  I had a quick look at the BBC weather page and it is predicting a temperature of 45C on Sunday.  What will this be like?  Will there be a breeze?  Will I need to stay in my room with the A/C on!?  Any tips?
Thanks Alison


Quote from: Mike G
Quote from: Alison&John
We've always visited Plakias in Spring or Autumn before but this year we're visiting next week (June 26).  I had a quick look at the BBC weather page and it is predicting a temperature of 45C on Sunday.  What will this be like?  Will there be a breeze?  Will I need to stay in my room with the A/C on!?  Any tips?
Thanks Alison
It still is!!!! However Yahoo is only saying 30C which is a huge difference. I shouldn't like the former, although others like George might.

Mike

BRING IT ON!!  

If it is 45C it will be exceedingly hot and the gauranteed breeze will help but be very carefull, this kind of combination is deceiving and you could end up with your skin dropping off.  
Be very carefull Alison, especially if you have fair skin.

You have been warned!

Have a good holiday!!

george g...  

9 weeks to go...  
Title: The weather
Post by: Chas on June 20, 2007, 02:39:17 PM
Quote from: George
Quote from: Alison&John
We've always visited Plakias in Spring or Autumn before but this year we're visiting next week (June 26).  I had a quick look at the BBC weather page and it is predicting a temperature of 45C on Sunday.  What will this be like?  Will there be a breeze?  Will I need to stay in my room with the A/C on!?  Any tips?
Thanks Alison



Quote from: Mike G
Quote from: Alison&John
We've always visited Plakias in Spring or Autumn before but this year we're visiting next week (June 26).  I had a quick look at the BBC weather page and it is predicting a temperature of 45C on Sunday.  What will this be like?  Will there be a breeze?  Will I need to stay in my room with the A/C on!?  Any tips?
Thanks Alison

It still is!!!! However Yahoo is only saying 30C which is a huge difference. I shouldn't like the former, although others like George might.

Mike


BRING IT ON!!  

If it is 45C it will be exceedingly hot and the gauranteed breeze will help but be very carefull, this kind of combination is deceiving and you could end up with your skin dropping off.  
Be very carefull Alison, especially if you have fair skin.

You have been warned!

Have a good holiday!!

george g...  

9 weeks to go...  

Sorry, George,

Looking at the  accuweather  (http://www.accuweather.com/world-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&locCode=EUR|GR|GR000|PLAKIAS&metric=1) forecast, It's not going to be that hot
... just a very pleasant 30's
 ... still ,as you say "BRING IT ON!!  (http://www.chatitaliachat.it/serpe/ride/113.gif) " - it'll do for me (http://www.chatitaliachat.it/serpe/movie/106.gif) in a couple of weeks.
Title: The weather
Post by: George on June 20, 2007, 02:51:02 PM
Weather.com says around 31C and sunny, still plenty of time for it to warm up before August 21  

george g...
Title: The weather
Post by: Greecemad on June 20, 2007, 03:14:27 PM
Quote from: George
Weather.com says around 31C and sunny, still plenty of time for it to warm up before August 21  

george g...

Just returned last night and it was certainly getting VERY hot towards the end. I think it was about 35 ish in the afternoon. Lying on the beach on a beach mat became unbearable, needing frequent trips into the sea (burning your feet in the process). There was a breeze at times (enough to blow unsuspecting umbrellas about) but not all the time, and no sign of the Meltemi.

Even the Greeks were all saying 'Poli Zesti' and fanning themselves. I travelled from Rethymnon to Iraklion on the 7.45 p.m. bus and the thermometer was showing 29-30 most of the time, even during the evening. I had to ask to use the air conditioning on the last night as I couldn't sleep the night before.

They seem to think it's going to get hotter.

Greecemad
Title: The weather
Post by: George on June 20, 2007, 03:16:57 PM
My kind of message!!

Thanks Greecemad

george g...
Title: The weather
Post by: Alison&John on June 20, 2007, 11:49:42 PM
Thaniks everyone - I really hope the BBC have got it wrong - 30 is just about OK but 45...... George, how can you bear it?!!!!  It would be great if this forum had the current weather on it - I have no idea how to do that but just thought I'd throw it in as an idea.....
All the best
Alison
Title: The weather
Post by: George on June 21, 2007, 08:18:29 AM
Quote from: Alison&John
Thaniks everyone - I really hope the BBC have got it wrong - 30 is just about OK but 45...... George, how can you bear it?!!!!  It would be great if this forum had the current weather on it - I have no idea how to do that but just thought I'd throw it in as an idea.....
All the best
Alison

It's the blood Alison, it needs topping up now and again  

george g...
Title: The weather
Post by: Chas on June 21, 2007, 11:46:05 AM
Quote from: Alison&John
Thaniks everyone - I really hope the BBC have got it wrong - 30 is just about OK but 45...... George, how can you bear it?!!!!  It would be great if this forum had the current weather on it - I have no idea how to do that but just thought I'd throw it in as an idea.....
All the best
Alison

Hi, Alison,

I posted a "clever" link, above but if you missed it, here it is again, in full:

http://www.accuweather.com/world-forecast....AS&metric=1 (http://www.accuweather.com/world-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&locCode=EUR|GR|GR000|PLAKIAS&metric=1)
Title: The weather
Post by: John & Zell on June 21, 2007, 11:48:38 AM
 Just had an Email from freinds living in Plakias an they inform me that the temperature at the moment is 37-38C IN THE SHADE and due to get to 43-44C by Sat/Sun
(can't wait till we go on Tuesday) I suppose I will have to stay in the shade at the Lamon and try to keep cool with a cold Mythos (gosh life's a bitch isn't it?)
John & Zell
     
Title: The weather
Post by: George on June 21, 2007, 12:04:12 PM
Quote from: John & Zell
Just had an Email from freinds living in Plakias an they inform me that the temperature at the moment is 37-38C IN THE SHADE and due to get to 43-44C by Sat/Sun
(can't wait till we go on Tuesday) I suppose I will have to stay in the shade at the Lamon and try to keep cool with a cold Mythos (gosh life's a bitch isn't it?)
John & Zell
     

That's better! That's what the BBC is forecasting.

Hopefully it will warm everything up by the time I get there, including the sea, we're going to need it if it carries on.

My sympathy for the residents, who have to live with it.  

george g...
Title: The weather
Post by: Alison&John on June 21, 2007, 12:14:02 PM
OH NO!  I'm going to have to hide this news from John or he won't get on the plane!   John and Zell - I wonder if by any chance you are on the same flight as us next Tuesday - 10.15 from Gatwick to Chania?  We've always flown to Heraklion before so looking forward to seeing some new sights on the journey to Plakiaa.
Alison
Title: The weather
Post by: John & Zell on June 21, 2007, 02:14:09 PM
Quote from: Alison&John
OH NO!  I'm going to have to hide this news from John or he won't get on the plane!   John and Zell - I wonder if by any chance you are on the same flight as us next Tuesday - 10.15 from Gatwick to Chania?  We've always flown to Heraklion before so looking forward to seeing some new sights on the journey to Plakiaa.
Alison
Hi Alison,
We are on the 8.25 from Birmingham
Do pop into the Lamon anytime for a drink, just ask, everone knows us.
Title: The weather
Post by: Mike G on June 22, 2007, 01:20:50 PM
Very odd. For Sunday the BBC is still showing 45°C for Heraklion and 42°C for Hania but only 30°C for Karpathos, Rhodes, and Santorini, which aren't that far away.

Mike
Title: The weather
Post by: Chas on June 24, 2007, 03:08:15 PM
On the Stoupa forum (http://www.zorbas.de/scripts/phpBB2/ (http://www.zorbas.de/scripts/phpBB2/)) there have been several reports of today's temperatures, specifically the high of 46c at Kalamata airport - just timed nicely to greet all the new arrivals (http://zorbas.de/scripts/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_exclaim.gif)

One post of particular interest was for the "Weatherunderground" Greece page: http://www.wunderground.com/global/GR.html (http://www.wunderground.com/global/GR.html)

Three things struck me -

1.  Iraklion/Heraklion was 35c.

2.  Souda/Chania was 42c. .... that's one helluva temperature gradient in such a short distance.

3.  Ireapetra was blank ... so hot, everything had evaporated (http://zorbas.de/scripts/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_question.gif) (http://zorbas.de/scripts/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_exclaim.gif)
Title: The weather
Post by: Greecemad on June 24, 2007, 08:06:11 PM
Quote from: Chas
2.  Souda/Chania was 42c. .... that's one helluva temperature gradient in such a short distance.

It's quite possible for the temperature to vary by that much in such a short distance. I recently went by bus from Rathymnon to Iraklion. I was watching the thermometer in the bus and it went down by about 5 digrees and then back up again in that distance.

Greecemad
Title: The weather
Post by: Kerstin on June 24, 2007, 08:32:39 PM
Quote from: Greecemad
Quote from: Chas
2.  Souda/Chania was 42c. .... that's one helluva temperature gradient in such a short distance.

It's quite possible for the temperature to vary by that much in such a short distance. I recently went by bus from Rathymnon to Iraklion. I was watching the thermometer in the bus and it went down by about 5 digrees and then back up again in that distance.

Greecemad

I can agree with greecemad.
As we arrived on the 05/05/07 we went by our car from Chania to Rethymnon and than to Plakias and the temperature was very different.
On our date of departure (19/05/07) we started in Plakias in the afternoon and it was raining and raining again, we had only 17 degrees.
As we arrived on the north coast (Rethymnon) the rain stopped and we had 24 degress. As we arrrived in the old town of Chania we had
approx. 30 degrees and it was very hot and hymiditiy was extreme. (But we had a nice afternoon in Chania, before we went to the airport).
I think the mountains keep the weather sometimes away and therefore it is so much different.

Greetings from Kerstin

(I know, my English is not the best. But I hope you can understand me)
Title: The weather
Post by: harribobs on June 24, 2007, 10:26:11 PM
Quote from: Kerstin
(I know, my English is not the best. But I hope you can understand me)

kerstin

your english is better than mine!!
Title: The weather
Post by: George on June 25, 2007, 11:39:08 AM
Has anyone noticed how you can be driving, and suddenly hit a 'hotspot', then it cools down again  .
Or is it me having one of my flushes  !

george g...
Title: The weather
Post by: Chas on June 25, 2007, 03:56:01 PM
Quote from: George
Has anyone noticed how you can be driving, and suddenly hit a 'hotspot', then it cools down again  .
Or is it me having one of my flushes  !

george g...

You need to avoid those sharp corners ....... haven't you noticed, it only happens when you're on the turn (http://zorbas.de/scripts/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_exclaim.gif)


{Groan}
Title: The weather
Post by: George on June 25, 2007, 04:10:44 PM
Can't see that happening Chas, I'm happy the way I am  

george g...
Title: The weather
Post by: Chas on June 26, 2007, 11:27:13 AM
Quote from: George
Can't see that happening Chas, I'm happy the way I am  

george g...

By heck, your doctor must be giving you some good hormones (http://zorbas.de/scripts/phpBB2/images/smiles/icon_exclaim.gif)

(http://www.smileypad.com/v202/Cache/Happy/Wink.gif)
Title: The weather
Post by: George on June 26, 2007, 11:33:46 AM
Quote from: Chas
Quote from: George
Can't see that happening Chas, I'm happy the way I am  

george g...
By heck, your doctor must be giving you some good hormones  

george g...
Title: The weather
Post by: Chas on June 26, 2007, 01:56:40 PM
(http://bestsmileys.com/lol/1.gif)

Glad to see the Accuweather "Current" temp is 40c. ..... this time next week (http://www.chatitaliachat.it/serpe/movie/106.gif)
Title: The weather
Post by: George on June 26, 2007, 04:16:23 PM
Hope it holds out for you Chas, I've just had a chat with a friend of mine who came back from Kalives on Friday, she said that the temps were around 41-43C.

Gets the hormones going... what!

george g...