What will the weather be like in the next few days? As already anticipated, the African anticyclone, after having granted a truce in the last few days, is once again taking centre stage. Already Wednesday 21st August the atmospheric picture has improved significantly both in the North and in part of the Centre with the heat returning to be the protagonist even if not at the levels of the first half of August. In the next few hours the African high pressure will extend its warm and stable influence to the whole country, although leaving room for some so-called heat storm.
Those who will be interested will be: Alpine reliefs and the Apennine ridge and may take on the character of strong intensity, with sudden gusts of wind and hailstorms. Starting from the North, the areas most at risk will be the Alps power plantsincluding between the Lombardy and the Trentino-Alto Adige. Even the reliefs of the Liguria and some features of theEmilian Apennines may be affected by some thunderstorms. Moving down towards the central and southern regions, the mountains of the Tuscanyof the Lazio up to those Abruzzese and to most of those located on the Calabria and on the Northern Sicily.
Be careful because heat storms can often reach up to adjacent plains and this will be a risk that will be run above all by the flat areas and the coasts of the Lazio and of the Northern Sicily.
This meteorological context will also accompany us for the day of Friday 23rd Augusteven if the atmosphere will be more stable and less prone to the spread of thunderstorms which will be limited to affecting the Alpine area and, in a less evident form, the Apennine ridge and Sicily. In this content, the temperature will tend to suffer a further increase throughout the country, especially from Friday 23rd Augustwith the heat becoming increasingly more intense and muggy.
What will the weather be like in September?
September is just over a week away. What kind of month will it be in terms of weather? The start will be marked by the arrival of theAfrican high pressure: space therefore for a great heat, in line with the tradition of recent years that sees the first part of the month as a natural extension of the month of August. Be careful though, this anticyclonic start must not mislead, the second part of September could in fact be stormy and in some ways even dangerous: Autumn has a surprise move up its sleeve.
At least until 5-6 September, much of the central Mediterranean and also Italy will remain under the dominion of the African anticyclone: this will translate into a period marked by a great atmospheric stability and thermal values that could even locally touch 40°Cespecially in the South and on the two Major Islands. It will also be very hot in the rest of Italy with temperatures up to and above 30°C during the afternoon hours. Subsequently, with good probability, the anticyclone could continue to extend over central-southern Europe, guaranteeing good weather and temperatures that will remain at fully summer values. The September summer It is typically appreciated for its warm, but not extreme and therefore very pleasant temperatures, around 30°C during the central hours of the day. Luckily it won’t be too hot at night.with minimum values below 20°C.
In the second part of September, the influence of the sea temperature, with values that have already reached around 28/30°C in a good part of the basins: we are talking about an anomaly of around 4/5°C above the reference averages. All this translates into a more potential energy at playor rather the fuel needed for the development of extreme phenomena also for the next autumn months. These conditions, for example, could lead to the development of violent disturbances which form when a low pressure is fed by the warm waters of the Mediterranean and develops tropical storm characteristics. Although they are often short-lived, they can lead heavy rains and strong gusts of wind up to over 120 km/h. In short, watch out for thermal contrasts, especially after mid-month.
