After the hegemony of Minos, another cyclone coming down from Ireland will mess up the cards even more
Weekend with two faces from the weather point of view with thunderstorms and a temperature drop of 10°C in the North and African heat in the South. After the hegemony of the African anticyclone Minos, a cyclone descending from Ireland will upset even more cards. After the recent storms, even strong ones in the North, another unstable impulse will arrive from the British Isles: a significant worsening is therefore expected by Sunday morning across the entire north with violent storms, gusts of wind and possible hailstorms. In the Center a more marked worsening is expected between Sunday and Monday, while in the South the weekend will still be ‘North African’, from the point of view of temperatures and the desert sand present in the sky.
In detail, explains iLMeteo.it, the next few hours will see an increase in instability only in the Alps, with some brief storm outbreaks: it will be from the afternoon-evening that the Irish cyclone, passing the Alps, will also bring scattered thunderstorms in the Po Valley, again more frequent at night. The heat will remain in the South and in part of the Centre: Taranto will still reach 39°C, Agrigento, Lecce, Matera and Syracuse 38°C; between Sicily, Basilicata and Puglia the numbers will still be ‘human fever’, beyond the 37 widespread. Rome, however, after the 38-40°C of the last few days, will drop to a maximum of 31-32°C: you will be able to breathe.
Sunday 23 June will be black for bad weather with strong thunderstorms in the North, locally also between Tuscany, Umbria and Marche; elsewhere we will have the last weak tremors of the African anticyclone Minos with highs that are however much reduced: Taranto and Syracuse 34°C, 33°C in Foggia and Matera and ‘only’ 31°C in Benevento, Reggio Calabria and Caltanissetta.
However, we will experience the strongest thermal collapse in the North under the blows of thunderstorms: the mercury will struggle to rise to 19°C in the plains. In practice we will go from days of North African heat, from a Tunisian climate, to Anglo-Saxon autumn in a few hours: values of about ten degrees below the Italian average are expected. From Tunis to Dublin in a weekend. The Irish cyclone will then continue its journey southwards in the last week of June: from Monday the eye of the cyclone will move to the Corsica Sea with showers between Sardinia, Tuscany and Northern Italy, however favoring a further drop in temperatures also in the South Over the thirsty and hot southern regions the umbrellas will open on Tuesday with a return to less extreme and less African weather conditions.
Today, Saturday 22 June – In the North: sunny; thunderstorms between the Alps and Pre-Alps, from the evening on the plains. In the Center: heat decreasing. In the South: sunny and still very hot with highs locally above 40°C.
Tomorrow, Sunday 23 June – In the North: strong showers and thunderstorms. In the Center: unstable at times with thunderstorms. In the South: sunny and still a little hot with highs up to 34-35°C especially in Puglia.
Monday 24 June – In the North: scattered thunderstorms. In the Center: scattered thunderstorms. In the South: sunny but less hot.
Trend: last week of June with many storms especially in the Centre-North.
