08 June 2024, 08:56
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We are still in Spring and it’s 43°C. What will happen in the summer?
Mattia Gussonimeteorologist from -underlines the strength of the first heat wave of 2024 with highs of up to 12°C above the climatological average for June: in other words, a very powerful and slightly early African heat.
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On the other hand, heat waves are increasingly frequent and long: in Europe we are recording a 57% increase in the number of people exposed to this climate risk, compared to the decade 2000-2009. Especially in urban areas, the impacts of these extreme events are particularly pronounced due to the so-called ‘heat island’ effect.
‘Scipione’ arrives
In Italy this first wave, associated withAfrican anticyclone Scipio, will bring 34°C to the North, 38°C to the Center (Sardinia) and 43°C to the South (Sicily). It will therefore be an extreme event associated with Global Warming, another example of the changing climate.
In the next few hours we will reach 34°C in the North, especially in Emilia Romagna and with oppressively muggy conditions; in the Center we will reach around 35-36°C in Umbria, up to 38°C in the western sector of Sardinia; in the South we won’t have a fever yet, the hottest city will be Taranto with ‘only’ 36°c.
Sunday, what will happen
SundayHowever, the heatwave will also increase in the south and locally between Lazio, Abruzzo and Molise: peaks of 37°C are expected between Puglia, Calabria and Sicily, while in the north the bad weather will cause fear. From the afternoon, in fact, very violent storms will descend from the western Alps towards the Po Valley with local tornadoes and/or hailstorms: unfortunately, we do not exclude the formation of these extreme phenomena as the disturbance will arrive after days of great heat and above all high humidity.
The peak in Sicily
The new week will remain shaped by this Sunday imprint: in the North and in part of the Center we will remain within a flow of rain and thunderstorms, while in the South the thermometer will continue to rise.
The peak heat of Scipio Africanus will be reached between Tuesday and Wednesday in Sicily with 43°C in the internal areas, between Enna and Caltanissetta.
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08 June 2024, 08:56
