Thursday 25th April 9.42a.m. Sunny and clear, heavy dew. 9.3 / 14.8kph SW, Hg51%, 17.4C / 63.3F top of 20C / 68F, it dropped to 12C / 54F last nite. Sunny.
Moon is 99.0%
Skies over southern Greece have turned an orange hue as dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Acropolis and other landmarks in Athens.
Strong southerly winds carried the dust from the Sahara Desert on Tuesday (local time), giving the Greek capital's atmosphere a Mars-like filter in the last hours of daylight.
Dust from the Sahara desert has covered the city of Athens in Greece.(Reuters: Louisa Gouliamaki)
The skies are predicted to clear on Wednesday as winds shift and move the dust, with temperatures dipping.
On Tuesday (local time), the daily high in parts of the southern island of Crete topped 30 degrees Celsius — more than 20 degrees higher than what was registered in much of northern Greece.
The strong southerly winds over the past few days have also fanned unseasonal early wildfires in the country's south.