10 September 2025, 10:00

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Thunderstorm and double tornado in Nicosia

Thunderstorm and double tornado in Nicosia

In the afternoon of September 9, the first autumn rains were held in the mountains of Troodos. Not far from Nicosia during a thunderstorm, eyewitnesses photographed a rare natural phenomenon of double tornado. But the weather will not last long, closer to the end of the week, an increase in temperature is expected again.

On the afternoon of September 9, up to 15 mm of precipitation fell in mountainous areas. During a thunderstorm, residents of the Antopoli district in Nicosia shot a rare natural tornado phenomenon on the camera.

Tornado usually arise as part of powerful thunderstorms. In such cases, it is possible:

- the formation of two tornado from the same thunderstorm; This is a double tornado (Twin Tornadoes). This phenomenon is quite rare.

- the emergence of two (or even more) tornado in different places, if several thunderstorms are active in the region.

-The observation of the so-called tornado-satellite (Satellite Tornado), that is, a smaller tornado, which is formed next to the main one and rotates around it. There are cases when during strong thunderstorms in the United States simultaneously observed three or more tornado.

In Cyprus this week, anticyclone dominates. On September 10, on most of the island, the weather will be mostly clear, with a temporary increase in cloud cover. In the mountains in the afternoon, cloud education is expected to bring local rains and short -term thunderstorms.

The temperature will rise to about 35 ° C in the internal areas, to 30 ° C on the western and southwestern coasts, up to 32 ° C on the rest of the coasts and up to 26 ° C high in the mountains.

On September 11, 12 and 13, the weather will be mainly clear, although cloudiness is possible in some places. The temperature will gradually increase until Saturday, slightly exceeding the average climatic values ​​for this season.

The text is prepared based on the materials "Political" 

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