The Forecasters Weren't Joking...

The forecasters weren’t joking – yesterday was spectacularly windy and very cold (8 degrees at midday, with a windchill of 4 degrees centigrade). The pictures of Pedi were taken from my farm at the top of the valley and give some idea of how wild conditions were. In a north westerly gale the wind bounces off the Vigla and adjacent slopes and roars across Pedi bay, so the wind in the bay is blowing in the opposite direction to that in the channel outside. It is a similar effect to that of the meltemi in the summer, but yesterday’s blow was considerably more powerful than that. It was gusting 55 knots at once stage. It is still quite windy today and the morning hydrofoil was not able to leave Symi until midday.

The forecast for the rest of the week remains windy and unsettled with squalls and showers. No significant rain on the horizon, however.

Have a good week.

Regards,
Adriana