Liguria. The sky? A palette that goes from light gray to dark grey. The humidity? Rather high, but the temperatures are still more than bearable if not even pleasant, especially if we compare them to last year’s heat waves. In Liguria we are experiencing a situation almost autumnal weather less than a week before the start ofsummer real. But what should we expect from the next three months?
Given that the forecast they cannot even be defined as such if carried out with a time horizon of more than three days, but it is possible to speak of projections. AND according to the European Intergovernmental Weather Centre There are estimates, based on weather models, for summer 2024. Those expecting a cool season should prepare to be disappointed.
The current situation: a variable weekend
The transit of a disturbed front on the Alpine area determines, once again, the influx of humid currents towards our region, during the weekend general conditions of variability. According to Limet weather centre the skies present themselves a lot cloudy or covered between Savonese and Tigullio with associated drizzle or showers, especially near the hills of eastern Savona, where accumulations of up to 10mm have been recorded since midnight. Instead, at the extremes of the region there are also large clearings.
Temperatures already rising
The minimum temperatures increased across the entire regional territory, an increase of more than 5°C/7°C compared to yesterday on the valley floors of the eastern Po Valley side. In detail, along the coast we find morning values between +17°C and +20°C, between +11°C and +18°C in the internal valley bottoms and between 5°C and +10°C on the peaks of the Ligurian Alps and Apennines. Here are the temperatures recorded in the four provincial capitals by the Limet monitoring network: 20 degrees in Castelletto and Savona, 19.2 in Imperia, 18.3 in La Spezia.
Clear spells arriving in Liguria but also rain
Over the next few hours greater clearings, although low cloud cover and local drizzle may continue to affect the central sector of the region. Furthermore, some reverses cannot be ruled out in the Ligurian Alps, running out in the evening. The Maximum temperatures are expected to increase, maximum peaks up to +24°C/+25°C. Moderate or strong southern ventilation along the coast, reinforcements up to strong on the Po Valley slopes. Sea generally rough.
La Niña summer?
According to the well-known forecasting site Ilmeteo.itwhich takes up other international media articles on the topic, in the coming months the climate will be affected by a phenomenon called Nina and which may have repercussions on the expected time also in Europe and Italy. By Niña we mean a cooling of the temperature of the surface waters of the central and eastern Pacific, a cooling expected considerably in September and which began – according to the forecasts of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center (CPC) – already from the current month of June. One of the most dangerous consequences of La Niña in the world is linked to the occurrence of storms and hurricanesi in the mid-Atlantic basin. But according to Ilmeteo.it the effects could also reach the Mediterranean.
Summer 2024: Warm but with the possibility of strong thunderstorms
Extreme weather events it doesn’t mean that Summer will be cool. The projections of Intergovernmental European Centre for the summer quarter they indicate the possibility of very high temperatures in the Mediterranean area. Warm weather that will be abruptly interrupted by thunderstorms, associated precisely with the influences of Niña. “In conclusion – they say from ilMeteo.it – we could have a very hot summercharacterized by long phases of African high pressurehowever frequently interrupted by dangerous thunderstorms intense especially in the regions of central-north“.
