ANA - The weather service on Sunday warned of harsh weather conditions in the Aegean Sea, with very strong rain and storms forecast for the next 18 hours around the islands of the north and eastern Aegean, the Dodecanese islands, Thrace and possibly Crete and the Cyclades.

    There are also warnings of heavy snow fall in the mountains of central and northern Greece and in areas of Macedonia and Thrace.

    Earlier, heavy snow fall made snow chains necessary for three sections of the road network in the northern Greek prefecture of Florina, on the Florina-Kastoria national highway via Vigla and on two smaller roads going via Vitsi.

    Heavy rain and storms are forecast on Monday, especially in the Aegean Sea, with snow fall and morning frost in areas of Macedonia and Thrace. Mainly northerly winds between 3 and 7 Beaufort and temperatures ranging from -2C to 15C. Rainy in Athens, with temperatures between 6C and 13C. Rain and sleet in Thessaloniki, with temperatures between 1C and 6C.