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.
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