The anticyclone Minos brings anomalous heat and sultriness to Italy. The first peak of the heat will be reached between Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th June just as summer begins.
From today, June 17, the African anticyclone Minos will arrive across Italy and will cause the thermometer to rise to a mercury column throughout the Peninsula. Temperatures with peaks of up to 40°C.
It will therefore be a week of practically summer weather, with high pressure rapidly extending its presence throughout the country. Only in Veneto will there still be some residual bad weather with the Civil Protection having decided to issue a yellow weather alert for hydraulic risk in some sectors of the Region.
The African anticyclone Minos arrives in Italy, temperatures around 42°
So the heat will affect practically all of Italy, including the northern regions which will finally be able to see the sun shine again after weeks of instability.
Weather forecast for the week, sun and heat are arriving: peaks of 40°C in Italy
An increase in temperatures, with values of approximately 8-10°C above the averages of the period, caused by the humid and warm air masses of subtropical origin which, from the heart of the anticyclone arriving from Africa, will push from the expanses of the Sahara towards the Mediterranean.
The hottest days of the week will probably be Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th: locally it can reach 42°C in Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily, especially in the hottest hours,
What are the hottest cities
Already from today, Monday 17 June, peaks of 35°C are expected in Puglia and Sicily, 33°C in Campania and Basilicata (Benevento and Matera). But the mercury will rise further, even in the Centre-North.
On Tuesday 18 June the maximum temperatures will reach up to 38°C in Sicily and Sardinia (but not excluding local peaks of 42°C, especially in the province of Sassari), 36°C in Benevento and Foggia, 34°C in Rome, Florence and Frosinone.
Very hot even on the northern plains with temperatures up to 35/36°C.
New disturbance at the weekend?
A possible change in the weather, with the arrival of a new disturbance and the return of some rain in the North will be possible between Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June
However, it should be specified that there are still several days left. And given the past, the reliability index can certainly be defined as low. Confirmation will therefore only arrive in the next few days.
