Monday 22nd winter weather in the North! Snow at low altitudes

Italy remains in the crosshairs ofcold air of arctic originresponsible for a unusually cold weather for the last ten days of April and temperatures widely below seasonal average values, as well as favoring repeated phases of bad weather. At the beginning of this week a new one cyclonic vortex descending from Northern Europe (disturbance number 7 of the month) reaches the northern regions, with a worsening of the weather which, between today (Monday 22) And Tuesday 23, will essentially involve the Centre-North. Particularly in the Northern regions the climate will be winter-likewith the return of snow up to exceptionally low altitudes for the period.

Wednesday 24th, in its movement towards the south-east, the disturbance will also marginally affect the southern regions, while the atmosphere will remain unstable in the Center and North-East. In the meantime, the cold air will reach the southern regions where a significant drop in temperatures is expected.

The evolution for the following days remains very uncertain: to date, for the entire long weekend of April 25th one looms marked meteorological variability and an often unstable atmospherewith the passage of other disturbances and therefore other precipitations, but in a milder climate context and the tendency for a sharp rise in temperatures towards the weekend.

The weather forecast for today, Monday 22 April

Overcast sky with scattered rainfall in the Northpersistent and at times moderate between the Po Valley, Liguria and Emilia Romagna; snow up to around 600-800 meters in the North-West mountains and above 900-1100 meters in the North-East. Scattered clouds and unstable weather with some rain and local showers first on Tuscany but, during the day, also on Umbria, Marche, Lazio and internal areas of Abruzzo. Variable cloudiness, but without phenomena, in the South and Islands.

Temperatures maximums decreasing in the North, Tuscany, Umbria and Sardinia, increasing in the central Adriatic regions and in the South. Winds significantly strengthening in the Centre-Northwith cyclonic rotation around the depression center located on the upper Tyrrhenian Sea. Mari: the central-northern seas, the sea and channel of Sardinia, the southern sectors of the Ionian Sea and the Channel of Sicily are rough or very rough; the other basins are little moved or calm.

The weather forecast for Tuesday 23 April

Clouds alternating with clear spells, even large ones in the South and on the Islands, with little significant rainfall. Prevalence of clouds and unstable weather in the Centre-North: numerous rainseven in the nature of downpour or thunderstorm, will affect the North-East and Central regions; in the North-West phenomena waning from the afternoon. Snow above 800-1000 meters on the northern mountains (in the morning even at lower altitudes) e above 1000-1500 meters on the central Apennines.

Temperatures maximums rising slightly in the North-West; decreasing in the Centre, Sardinia and the lower Tyrrhenian sector. Winds up to strong or strong Mistral between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the major islands; windy even on the Ionian due to Tramontana winds. Rough or very rough seasup to locally rough seas, the western seas and the Ionian Sea.