Still some rain on the horizon, but spring is about to return with a sunny weekend and temperatures even above the average for the period. A change which, however, at least in the North, could be short-lived. The climate could in fact split Italy in two at the beginning of next week between abundant rainfall in the North and, in the South, a first wave of African heat. This the weather picture outlined by the experts for today, Thursday 9 Mayand for the days to come.
Rise of high pressure and cyclone, what the experts say
Andrea Garbinato, editorial manager of the website www.-, confirms the return of high pressure, although still disturbed until Friday 10 May by a cyclone in the South.
In the next few hours the Cyclone that descended from Normandy, and therefore defined as Norman, will move away towards Crete, then the Aegean Sea, Turkey and Russia, but will still manage to bring widespread rainfall to our south. Local precipitation is also expected in the Central Apennines and the Alps but it will be isolated and mainly rain showers. Temperatures will increase significantly in the Centre-North with 23-25°C widespread, even in the Po Valley: mild Spring will return.
On Friday 10 May, as mentioned, we will still have remnants of the Norman Cyclone with instability in the South: widespread rainfall is expected in Calabria and scattered across the entire Lower Tyrrhenian Sea, especially close to the mountains while on the rest of the Peninsula the weather will be fine and so on hotter.
Finally, we enter the May weekend which, as per tradition (active since 2000 to adapt to Anglo-Saxon tradition) sees Mother’s Day celebrated on the second Sunday of the month. The sun will illuminate the whole country and temperatures will reach 30°C in Oristano, 29°C in Foggia, 28°C in Forlì, 27°C in Bologna, Bolzano, Ferrara, Florence, Rovigo, Syracuse and Terni, 25-26° C over a large part of the Po Valley with values that will rise slightly above the average for the period.
In summary, after an unstable and at times very disturbed period due to the Norman Cyclone, good weather will return even if it won’t last long. From Monday new Atlantic disturbances will approach Italy from France: on Monday some rain will wet the North-West while from Tuesday 14th to Thursday 16th an anomalous phase could open.
From Tuesday, Italy will be split in two: in the North we will have abundant rainfall, while in the South the first African heat wave could arrive.
Obviously it is a trend to be confirmed, in the meantime let’s enjoy the sunny and above average weekend, after having kept the umbrellas open for too many days.
The forecasts in detail
Thursday 9. In the north: sunny. In the centre: sunny except for local concentrations in the mountains. In the south: very unstable with frequent showers.
Friday 10. In the north: sun and heat. In the center: prevailing good weather, more clouds on the hills. In the south: unstable with recent rains and thunderstorms especially in Calabria.
Saturday 11. In the north: good weather. Middle: good and warmer weather. In the south: sunny, local showers in the Calabrian Apennines.
Trend: Sunny Sunday with warm weather at times. From Monday afternoon, another worsening of the Atlantic towards the Centre-North.
