MARCH SNOWSTORM SWEEPS GREECE; “POLAR VORTEX” TO BRING RECORD LOW TEMPS AND “MONSTER” NOR’EASTER TO U.S.; + RUSSIAN SOLDIERS EXPECTED TO DIE IN -20C (-4F) COLD AS THEIR TANKS TURN INTO “IRON-CLAD FREEZERS”
MARCH 10, 2022 CAP ALLON
MARCH SNOWSTORM SWEEPS GREECE
Unseasonable lows are sweeping much of Greece this week, as the arrival of storm Filippos drops rare and heavy snow over much of southeastern Europe–even over the region’s lower elevations–even over Athens (20m/65ft):
https://electroverse.net/march-snowstorm-sweeps-greece-polar-vortex-to-bring-record-low-temps-and-monster-noreaster-to-u-s-russian-soldiers-expected-to-die-in-20c-4f-cold-as-their-tanks-turn-into-iron-cla/According to the National Observatory of Athens, the freeze is caused by an influx of frigid air from N Europe riding which is riding unusually far south on the back of a weak and wavy jet stream flow. The snow arrived in SE Europe Monday, with nations such as Macedonia, Kosovo and Bulgaria shutting schools as the mercury plunged below zero. The wintry conditions continued south, expanding into Thessaly, central Greece, and also into the mountains of Crete by Wednesday.
On the Greek mountain Pilio, as well as in the nearby city of Volos, drivers have been advised to use snow chains. While in Attica, police have barred trucks from using Greece’s main Athens-Lamia highway due to heavy snow,
