Hot weather arriving from North Africa: the weather forecast for Campania
While the Northern Italy is struggling with a unstable weather characterized by heavy rains, flooding and flooding, the southern regions are preparing to welcome the first heat waves of the season. The northern offshoots of the African anticyclone are reaching the South, bringing with them an increase in temperatures also in Campania and the Salerno area.
For today, Thursday 16 May a heat peak was seen with maximum temperatures that could reach 30-32°C in the flat internal sectors of Caserta, in the Nola and Sarno plains, as well as between the provinces of Avellino and Benevento. High temperatures were also recorded in Naples and Salerno, with daytime peaks around 27-29°C.
However, already in the course of Friday And a moderate temperature drop expectedespecially along the coasts, due to a partial weakening of the anticyclone and the return of Tyrrhenian breezes.
For what concern period between 18 and 21 Maythe Campania will be influenced by humid Atlantic currents still active in the Centre-North, but also from the flow of hot air linked to the subtropical anticyclone, which will move between Tunisia, Libya and the southern Balkans. An uncertain and volatile phase is therefore expected, with temperatures still mild around 25-28°C and the possibility of some brief showers and thunderstorms, especially in the hinterland. These are sporadic and irregular phenomena, which could be more frequent in the internal areas near the Apennines and in Cilento.
Further updates are awaited to confirm and detail this meteorological trend.
