The latest weather forecasts confirm the advance of the African anticyclone called Minos in Italy which will bring a peak of heat between Wednesday 19th and Friday 21st June in some areas with temperatures even more than 12 degrees above the climatological norm. Up to 44 degrees expected in the internal areas of Sardinia and 39 degrees in Rome on Thursday 20 June. The North was also affected, which until now had experienced relatively cool phases. Some storms will return on Friday.
Describing the scenario of this first heat wave of the 2024 summer edition is Lorenzo Tedici, meteorologist of the website www.iLMeteo.it.
The hottest area during the mid-week peak will be the Cagliari area with its 44 degrees while the ranking of the hottest provinces will see Benevento and Taranto at the top with 41°C; Agrigento, Caserta, Foggia, Macerata, Syracuse and Terni with 40°C. The degrees will be 39 in Ascoli Piceno, Catania, Fermo, Frosinone, Matera and Ragusa while Avellino, Chieti, Forlì, Isernia and, in particular, also Rome and Naples will fluctuate between 38 and 39.
«A very timely change of season with the peak of the heat expected around the Summer Solstice (Thursday 20 June)», underlines Tedici.
In detail
Tuesday 18. In the North: all sun and heat. In the Center: ample sunshine, increasing heat. In the South: sunny and warm.
Wednesday 19th. In the North: cloudy with heat and sultriness. In the Center: bright sunshine, heat above 35°C, peaks of 43-44 in Sardinia. In the South: further increasing heat.
Thursday 20th. In the North: oppressive heat and sultriness. In the Center: prevailing sun, heat up to 38-39°C also in Rome. In the South: heat rising to 41°C.
Trend: increasingly strong heat wave until Friday, but thunderstorms return.
Stamps
Today a yellow warning (alert 1) is expected in 11 of the 27 cities monitored by the Ministry of Health’s heat wave bulletin. They are Ancora, Bologna, Cagliari, Campobasso, Florence, Frosinone, Latina, Palermo, Pescara, Rieti and Viterbo. While it will be orange (alert 2, therefore weather conditions that pose a risk to the health of the population, in particular for the elderly and children) in Perugia and Rome. The heat situation worsens on Wednesday. There will be 10 cities with an orange sticker: Ancona, Bologna, Campobasso, Frosinone, Palermo, Perugia, Pescara, Rieti, Rome and Viterbo.
