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The town of Florina got a first taste of a wintry weather front sweeping into Greece on Tuesday morning, as temperatures in the northwest dropped to -2 degrees Celsius and heavy snowfall caused schools to open an hour later.
According to forecasts, the cold front will spread south and east over the course of the day, causing temperatures to drop well below seasonal averages in many parts of the country on Tuesday and Wednesday.
It will also bring strong winds, rain, storms and highland snow.
The cold snap is not expected to linger but it will be quite sharp for as long as it does last.