Italy will see a "turbulent and cool"
weekend with widespread thunderstorms in the north and centre of
the country thanks to the first Atlantic front of the autumn,
forecasters said Friday.
But the weather in the south will remain stable and sunny, said
Antonio Sanò, director and founder of the website
www.iLMeteo.it..
And sunny and warm conditions will return to the centre and
north from Monday, Sanò said.
Scattered storms will hit the north-west and Tyrrhenian areas on
Saturday, he said, moving on Sunday to the rest of the centre.
But there will also be ample sunny spells amid the bad weather.
Temperatures will rise over the weekend in the south, by
contrast.
From Sunday on, hot Algerian currents of air will hit Italy
starting from the south and spreading to the rest of the country
next week.
Summer will return in all its basking and steamy glory from
September 5, Sanò said.
There will be peaks of 37-39°C in Sicily, 35°C in the rest of
the south and 33-34°C in the centre.
Temperatures will also start rising again in the north but the
shorter days will mean that daily heating will be more
contained, Sanò said.
Detailed forecasts:
- Friday 2nd: North: sunny, worsening in Piedmont from the
afternoon. Centre: patchy cloud. South: sunny with temperatures
rising.
- Saturday 3rd: North: rain and storms especially in the
northwest, also in northeast from evening. Centre: worsening in
Tuscany, Umbria and Marche, at night also in Lazio. South: sunny
with heat rising.
- Sunday 4th: North: morning fog in Po Valley, then mainly
sunny. Centre: strong rain in Tyrrhenian areas, variable
elsewhere. South: unstable in Campania and Apennines.
Outlook: start of next week sunny almost everywhere: African
heat in the far south with 37-39°C and heat rising in the centre
and north too.
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