Storm front to bring temps back below averages

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 8 - A storm front swept in by maritime polar aid will bring a break in the Hannibal and Scipio heatwaves that have hit Italy since May 10 and take temperatures back down below seasonal averages after reaching as high as 41 degrees Celsius, forecasters said Wednesday.
    Heavy rain will sweep away hot and muggy 'afa' conditions starting in the northeast and the Adriatic coast Wednesday evening and then spreading to the rest of the country, said Lorenzo Tedici, meteorologist of iLMeteo.it.
    The cool air sweeping down from the Faroe Islands will form a cyclone over the Balkans and then reach Italy in the form of bora and grecale winds, he said.
    To take one example, Tedici said, temps in Rimini will drop sharply, to highs of 22-25 C, after hitting 37 C in the shade last Sunday.
    The weather will return to the standard late-spring paradigm of sunny spells and intermittent rain, he said.
    But Scipio will return next weekend and "temperatures will be roasting again at the start of next week", said Tedici.
    Despite the two recent heatwaves, there have already been widespread thunderstorms in the north of Italy, wreaking damage and flooding homes. (ANSA).