The forecast indicates that temperatures will gradually climb to 41C or 42C over the weekend.

Kitas weather portal mentions that temperatures will not change significantly on Sunday and Monday on the central part of the island, while in other areas will be slightly cooler.

The weather is expected to cool off a bit more on Tuesday in most parts of the island.

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The extremely high temperature alert, which was issued on Monday morning, is valid from 1pm until 4pm.

Temperatures are expected to reach 29C to 32C in coastal areas and 30C in the higher mountains.

They will fall to 22C in most areas and around 18C inTroodos at night.

Temperatures are forecast to stay at the same levels, slightly higher than average, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

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Today, the weather will be partly cloudy and initially there will be light rain or thunderstorms, mainly in the west, north and mountain air, while gradually will become partly cloudy with possible rain. The winds will blow southwesterly to northwesterly, moderate to strong, 4 to 5 beauforts and temporarily very strong locally, 6 beauforts.

The sea will be a little turbulent up to turbulent. The temperature will rise up to 27 degrees inland, on the south and east coasts, around 24 on the rest of the coast and around 21 degrees in the higher mountain area.

Tonight, the weather will be mostly clear, while there will be increased clouds locally, in the west and north mainly. The wind will blow mainly westerly to northwesterly, initially moderate to strong, 4 to 5 beauforts and gradually weak to 3 to 4 beauforts. The sea will be a little turbulent until turbulent while gradually it will generally become little turbulent. The temperature will drop to around 16 degrees inland, on the south and east coasts, around 18 on the rest of the coast and around 7 degrees in the higher mountain air.

On weekend and Monday the weather will be generally mostly clear, however there will be occasional locally increased clouds, which may precipitate rainy weather, from noon and afternoon, mainly inland and mountainous.

Temperature is not expected to change significantly until Sunday, while Monday is expected to rise slightly to reach close near the same climatic values.

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“I think the heatwave is on our side. Due to the high temperatures we have at the moment, even if someone is sick and sneezes, the droplets will not stay wet for a long time, on the contrary, they will dry very quickly and the virus will be inactivated in this way,” he said.

He pointed out that hot surfaces do not help the virus as well as its transmission as people are in open areas, thus that heatwave is our ally in this struggle.

Karayiannis also stressed that in the next few days COVID-19 cases may disappear or occur only sporadically.

He also said that the number of samples taken on a daily basis is very large compared to other European countries, adding this procedure followed by Cyprus is capable of detecting sporadic cases while other countries, such as Greece, do not take them into account.

In reply to a question, he said that he was not particularly concerned about the two cases found among students in Aradippou, describing it as an isolated incident in an area where there was a problem in the past.

He expressed hope there would be nothing alarming about the samples taken from now until Thursday when the rest of the students return to school.

In addition, Professor said that we should learn to live with the virus, noting that every time a case is found in any environment, it does not mean that we have to close everything and go back fifteen days. “We need to implement isolation protocols by tracking contacts and life goes on, ” he said.

 Karayiannis said that the Cypriot society is ready for the second phase of easing the restrictive measures put in place in an effort to contain the spread of the pandemic.

“We are definitely ready for the second phase. With the picture we have at the moment, we are ready to move on to the second phase. I have no doubt about that and I don`t think there will be a reversal», he said.

He also said after the first easing of restrictive measures with nearly 60,000 people going back to work and up until now not a single case had been found among those workers with the samples taken.

He considered it a `great misfortune` the fact that two cases were found in a school at Aradippou creating a sense of uncertainty, adding that this should urgently remind us of the need to be very careful and not to relax yet.

Karayiannis stated that the current situation allow us to move on with the implementation of the 3rd phase with regard to measures relaxation.

“With the return of children to schools, sampling will continue», he said, and expressed the views that until then the results will be such that they will allow us to proceed to the 3rd phase as well.

He expressed optimism, saying that at the moment there is nothing to worry about in our epidemiological picture.

He also said that foreign visitors would not come to the country right after the opening of the airports scheduled to take place on June 9. He said the arrival of passengers will take place later because more processes are still needed to be held.

He finally called on those who go to the beaches due to high temperatures to comply with protective measures and keep the necessary distances between them.   

Asked if we should wear a mask on the beach, he said it is not recommended unless someone wants to wear it for their own reasons.

Source: CNA

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Maximum temperature is expected to reach 41 degrees Celsius inland and 32 degrees Celsius at Troodos.

Vulnerable groups of people e.g. the elderly and very young kids may face some health problems due to the increased temperature.

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The heatwave is back and according to the Cyprus Metro Service temperatures are expected to reach the scorching 40-degree mark heading into this week.

The Cyprus Metro Office have issued a yellow weather warning on Monday morning and urge the people to be extremely careful while going outside and exposing themselves to the high temperatures.

The Weather warning is in full effect from 11:00 am – 17:00 pm.

Monday will be mainly fine with temperatures rising to 40 C inland, 32 C on the west coast, around 35 C on the remaining coasts and 30 C in the mountains.

Tonight will be mainly fine with the possibility of local low cloud and patchy fog at dawn.

Source: Cyprusdaily

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