Cyprus Weather Today: Rain showers, strong winds and dust on the forecast

Unsettled weather is expected in the next few days with rain, snow in the mountains, strong winds and even dust on Thursday.

Thursday will be cloudy at intervals with local showers in most areas and scattered thunderstorms. On Thursday evening and on Friday, the thunderstorms may be accompanied by hail.

Temperatures will rise to 18 C inland and on the coasts and around 8 C in the higher mountains while winds will be medium to strong and becoming very strong in the afternoon.

At night, temperatures will fall to 12 C inland, around 16 C on the coasts and around 5 C in the mountains.

Friday will be at intervals cloudy with local rain and/or isolated thunderstorms. There will be snowfall at intervals in the higher mountains while in the lower mountains there may be snowfall locally at lower altitudes.

On Saturday there will be intervals of mainly fine weather and intervals of cloud and there will be isolated rain and snowfall in the mountains, however the weather will improve by the afternoon.

Temperatures will edge down on Friday to below average. A further small drop in temperatures is expected on Saturday.