Snow falls on Troodos

Winter has officially arrived as a smattering of snow settled in Troodos on Thursday while rainfall is expected over the weekend.

“There was around 2cm of snowfall in Troodos overnight which melted relatively early,” the meteorological office’s Sophia Louca said.

She said that rain was expected to fall on Friday and Saturday, followed by isolated showers on Sunday.

The met office’s weather report shows Thursday afternoon temperatures at 17 degrees Celsius in Nicosia, eight degrees Celsius on the mountains, and 18 degrees Celsius on the north, south, east and west coastlines. Temperatures were due to drop in the evening, to 10 degrees Celsius in the capital, four degrees Celsius on the mountains, and up to 12 degrees Celsius in coastal towns.

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