An 'Immaculate Storm' is set to hit
Italy around the December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception,
weather forecaster Antonio Sanò, director of the site
iLMeteo.it., said on Monday.
Snow will fall on low ground in the north, in Piedmont,
Lombardy, Liguria and Veneto, he said.
The storm will also "activate intense southerly winds which will
worsen conditions over Sardinia, Tuscany, Lazio and Campania
too".
The wave of wintry weather won't just hit on Wednesday, but will
sweep the country all week, said Sanò.
"In the next few hours," Sanò said, "a cold vortex will srike
Italy affecting the weather in the centre-south and Sardinia
with widespread downpours and snow on hilly ground.
"From Tuesday mistral winds will blow impetuously sweeping away
the cloud over almost all regions, but they will bring
temperatures down sharply."
The situation will not get better after the December 8 feast
say, Sanò said.
"In the following days a cyclonic vortex fed by very cold air
will form over the lower Tyrrhenian area sparking a phase of bad
weather in the centre and south where snow will fall as well as
driving rain.
"The weather will get better in the north, but it will be very
cold.
"In Milan, because of snow on the ground, Thursday and Friday
will be days of frost and ice with temperatures below zero
during the day too.
"Widespread nighttime frost will affect all northern regions and
the interior areas of the centre".
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