Next week will be extreme with Italy being divided between strong teams thunderstorms in the North and a record heat wave (for the period) in the South.
According to the latest updates from the European Center, already since Monday 10 June a deep depression, driven by polar currents, it will get dangerously close to our country, worsening the weather conditions in particular on the Lombardy and on the regions of North East where we expect intense thunderstorms with the risk of local storms as well hailstorms. By Tuesday 11 June the storms will hit all the northern regions: as often happens in this season these will be phenomena lasting 1 or 2 hours at most, so the whole day won’t be ruined.
Everything is completely different however in the Centre-South and on the two major islands where the African anticyclone will dominate the scene which will attract very warm air masses of sub-tropical origin straight from the Sahara desert. In these sectors, temperatures are expected to be far higher than the averages for the period with maximum peaks up to and including 38-40°C on Sicily, Sardinia, Calabria and Puglia.
The key phase of this exceptional heat wave is expected between Monday 10th, Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th June.
Then our attention shifts to the second part of the week: between Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th June In fact, the passage of a second storm front is expected. According to the latest updates, Italy will find itself right in the middle of a battlefield between colder and more unstable currents driven by a cyclone descending from Northern Europe and extreme heat rising from Africa. Precisely the first summer-like heat transported by the African anticyclone will provide additional fuel for the genesis of violent phenomena. A potentially explosive mix from an atmospheric point of view.
