Continue there'heat wave in Italy which will increase further today with peaks of 38 degrees. The cities with a red dot are eight: Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, Florence, Latina, Perugia, Rieti and Rome. There will be some afternoon thunderstorms in the south.
But according to the forecasts of the Italian Meteorological Center, "over Italy there is a high and level baric field around 1017 hPa with intense heat over the entire country, while a slight baric gap at high altitude present between the Balkans and southern Italy renews some disturbances in the diurnal cycle along the southern Apennines and Sicily".
So today we will have a Sunday between intense heat and afternoon thunderstorms. In the morning, the sun will prevail over Italy, except for harmless cloud formations over the Tyrrhenian areas of Calabria and the Abruzzo Apennines.
During afternoon showers and thunderstorms will return to develop along the Alpine Arc, while they will be more intense and widespread on the southern Apennines and inland areas of eastern Sicily with occasional incursions up to the Tyrrhenian coasts from Calabria and Cilento. Dry weather in the rest of the country with prevailing sun. Phenomena rapidly reabsorbing in the evening.
The bubble ofhot air rising from North Africa, explains the CMI, will further increase temperatures from north to south, but with the highest peaks expected on the Po Valley, Sardinia and the central Tyrrhenian Sea where peaks of up to +38 C are expected. More contained heat in the south, under the influence of a residual northern circulation, where peaks of around +33/+35 C are expected on Sicily, Campania and Cosenza.
Article published on 20 August 2023 - 10:05
