Bologna, 17 June 2024 – Summer is about to come into full swing and the African heat also in Emilia-Romagna, thanks to the arrival ofanticyclone Minos. A heat wave that causes temperatures to rise above 35°C, with peaks of up to 37/38°C from Wednesday 19th to Friday 21st Juneand then decline and return to average by next weekend.
Good weather and high pressure
“The new week will begin with good weather with high pressure strengthening and temperatures gradually increasing – he explains Roberto Nanni, Ampro’s meteorological technician –. The influence of the African anticyclone will bring a worsening of conditions of bioclimatic discomfort, above all between Thursday and Friday when we reach its maximum intensity”. Let’s prepare ourselves, therefore, for the first real moment of African heat.
Temperatures of the week
“As of today, Monday 17th – he continues –, the maximum temperatureson the plains of our region, they can reach 31/33°C. Tuesday 18 possible peaks of 33/34°C. We will have the peak of this heat wave between Wednesday 19th and Friday 21st when we will be able to obtain temperatures widely over 35°C with peaks up to 37/38°C and an anomaly of around 10°C on the average for the period”.
Wind and sand from the desert
Precisely at the hottest moment, in the middle of the week there will also be “a reinforcement of the Scirocco windswhich will contribute, in addition to an increase in the humidity rate, to the transport to our regions also of a new load of sand from the Sahara”, adds Nanni.
Phenomenon also shared by the meteorologist Pierluigi Randi: “All ready for ‘the dusty’ Saharan mid-week,” he writes. “The blue of the sky will gradually tend to disappear, giving way to a ‘milky’ colour, excluding any other clouds, probably high and stratified”.
The forecast for the weekend
“The temperatures However, they seem to be returning on average by next weekend – concludes Nanni –, due to the more temperate currents that it should allow an attenuation of the intense heat (at least in the North) which will give rise to a partial change in the weather with thunderstorm rainfall. We will have the opportunity to talk about it in the next updates.”
The anticyclone Minos
During the week of June 17, the African anticyclone will cause a increase in temperatures throughout Italy up to 10°C above the average for the period, with clear skies and good weather prevailing. The hottest day promises to be Thursday 20 Junethe summer solstice, with peaks even up to 40°C in the lowland areas of Forlì And Ferrara. According to the forecasts of Arpae: on the weekend, however, one depression coming from France it will bring with it a decrease in temperatures with probable rainfall stormy.
