Minos arrives, the African anticyclone which will cause a drastic increase in temperatures with peaks of over 38-40°C in the Central-South from mid-week: «An intense African heat wave is now imminent over Italy, which will especially affect the Central-South – confirms the meteorologist of 3bmeteo.com Edoardo Ferrara who explains – day after day the temperatures will be constantly increasing, with the peak of the heat wave between Thursday and Saturday, when in the internal areas of the South and of Sicily and Sardinia peaks of 38- can be exceeded 40°C. Peaks of over 36-38°C may also be recorded in the internal areas of the Centre, from Tuscany to Lazio, Marche, Abruzzo, up to almost 40°C in the Umbrian valleys. On the coasts it will be less hot, thanks to the mitigating action of the sea breezes, but at the price of greater humidity and therefore sultriness, which could still increase physical discomfort; inland, however, the heat is often scorching, therefore drier, but also more intense.
The heat is also significantly increasing in the North but not as intense as in the Centre-South – continues Ferrara of 3bmeteo.com – The maximum temperatures will still be high, generally within 32-34°C, except for higher peaks in Emilia Romagna. Here the heat could be decidedly muggy at times, particularly in Valpadana and the Ligurian Riviera”.
Hot even in the evening and night hours: «Day after day the accumulation of heat will be felt even in the evening and night hours, so much so that you will suffer even in the late evening especially in large urban areas, where night-time cooling will be further hindered – he warns Ferrara by 3bmeteo.com -. In particular, from Thursday we may still have temperatures around 30-32°C around 8-10 pm (especially in the cities), while the night-time minimums may not fall below 23-24°C, particularly in the cities and along the sectors coastal. The physiological increase in humidity in the evening/night hours could also favor an accentuation of sultriness and physical discomfort”.
Some strong thunderstorms in the north, more incisive break by Friday: «The northern regions will remain on the edge of the African anticyclonic dome, where infiltrations of cooler and more unstable Atlantic air could trigger some showers or thunderstorms substantially in the Alps and Piedmont. However, on Thursday and especially on Friday, the anticyclone should give way to the North, allowing the passage of storms that are more widespread this time and also of strong intensity, with the risk of hail and violent gusts of wind, together with a dampening of the heat wave. Following this, the great heat could progressively fade, at least in part, also in the Center and then in the South”, concludes from 3bmeteo.com.
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