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Early on 1 October, Zorbas emerged into the Aegean Sea, while accelerating northeastward. [8] On 2 October, Zorbas moved over northwestern Turkey and dissipated. [9] A cold wake was observed in the Mediterranean Sea, with sea surface temperatures dropping 3–4 °C (5–7 °F) along the track of Zorbas due to strong upwelling. [10]
As of October 23, Gonzalo's remnants had moved to the Aegean Sea. On October 24, rainfall "tied to the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo" caused intense flooding in Athens, Greece. [105] June 25–27, 2015 – Tropical Storm Bill's remnants caused flash flooding in North East England and brought warm temperatures across England and Wales. [106]
The Aegean Sea would later come to be under the control, albeit briefly, of the Kingdom of Macedonia. Philip II and his son Alexander the Great led a series of conquests that led not only to the unification of the Greek mainland and the control of the Aegean Sea under his rule, but also the destruction of the Achaemenid Empire. After Alexander ...
Warm sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are mostly unnecessary, however, as most medicanes' energy are derived from warmer air temperatures. When these favorable circumstances coincide, the genesis of warm-core Mediterranean tropical cyclones, often from within existing cut-off cold-core lows, is possible in a conducive environment for formation.
The epicentre was to the south of the island of Amorgos, the easternmost island of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea. There was significant damage on Amorgos and the neighbouring island of Santorini. It was the largest earthquake in Greece in the 20th century. [1] It was followed 13 minutes later by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake near Santorini.
Atmospheric conditions in the weeks leading up to Elpis were defined by a change of large-scale weather patterns: a persistent ridge formed over Western Europe and a series of dips in the jet stream occurred to its east. [4] This, in turn, caused repeated instances of polar air outbreaks into the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean. [4]
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The etesians (/ ɪ ˈ t iː ʒ ən z / or / ɪ ˈ t iː z i ə n z /; Ancient Greek: ἐτησίαι, romanized: etēsiai, lit. 'periodic winds'; [1] sometimes found in the Latin form etesiae), meltemia (Greek: μελτέμια; pl. of μελτέμι meltemi), or meltem are the strong, dry north winds of the Aegean Sea, which blow periodically from about mid-May to mid-September.