What awaits us this weekend, between clouds, some rain and spaces of sunshine
WEATHER MESSINA – There is very little left until the start of summer 2024, which from a meteorological point of view will begin on June 1st. Despite various attempts to get into gear, the good weather is currently struggling to mature. It causes a still low-latitude polar front and a slightly more unbalanced subtropical anticyclone than usual, outside the Mediterranean. This is favoring the arrival of some quick disturbances also over the weekend, which will once again be characterized by many clouds and few sunny spaces. This time, however, the risk of precipitation will be relegated to the more internal areas, on Saturday afternoon, in limited areas of our provincial territory. But now let’s see in detail the expected weather for this weekend.
Saturday 25 May 2024
In the morning cloudy or very cloudy skies, due to the transit of stratified clouds, alternating with sunny spaces. During the early afternoon, instability will break out between the Nebrodi, Etna and the southern Peloritani, where cumulus clouds will develop which will give rise to short rain showers. These phenomena, given the presence of intense western ventilation at high altitude, will tend to spill over towards the Ionian coast, especially in the area between Giardini and Santa Teresa di Riva. The lower the probability (for now only of 30%) to see the formation of some sudden heat storm further north, capable of also affecting the capital itself.
This could only occur if some full-bodied storm cell, able to generate with its strong downpours of rain strong and fresh gusts of descending wind capable of lifting the pre-existing warm and humid air further north (through the mechanism of cold pool), generating a storm further north, close to the Strait. In the evening it improves everywhere, with irregularly cloudy skies on the Ionian coast and on the Strait. Maximum temperatures decreasing, not above +24°C +25°C, minimal on +16°C.
Sunday 26 May 2024
Still a slightly unstable day in the morning, with widespread cloud cover along the Tyrrhenian coast and in the Strait of Messina area, where we will have the risk of seeing some showers in the city, probability around 50%. It will be better on the Ionian coast, where the sky will be slightly cloudy, or at most partially cloudy, with cumulus clouds developing on the mountains in the central hours of the day. In the afternoon, the situation is also slowly improving on the Tyrrhenian coast and on the Strait, where advective cloudiness will remain, mostly composed of cumulus clouds and stratocumulus clouds. Maximum temperatures on +25°Cminimums around i +16°C +17°C. Weak northerly winds and slightly rough seas.
