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What you need to know about the heatwave in Italy this week
The Local
22 July 2019
15:57 CEST+02:00
15:57 CEST+02:00
Predicted maximum temperatures for
Wednesday-Thursday. Photo: Meteo.it
As we prepare for another scorching week in Italy, where and when will
the heat be most unbearable? Here's what you need to know.
Italy is set
to experience yet another heatwave, with temperatures expected to be in the
high 30s across most parts of of the country in the coming days.
Temperatures
across the country rocketed over the weekend, as “a mass of hot air from
Africa” moved in over Italy and southern Europe, according to Meteo.it.
But things
are set to get much hotter from Tuesday onwards.
While we're
bracing ourselves for prolonged stickiness, we can take some consolation in the
fact that forecasts say this heatwave will be slightly less intense than the last one,
in June, when much of the country sizzled in temperatures above 40C.
"The
heat will be intense but it probably won't reach the extreme temperatures of
the June heatwave," Meteo.it wrote.
Where will
the heat be most unbearable?
Although much
of Italy will melt under the sun in the days to come, the north western regions
will again will bear the brunt of the heatwave, with temperatures of above 40C
possible in these regions on Wednesday, Thursday and possibly Friday.
Temperatures
in the southern mainland will be comparatively mild, with highs of 34 degrees
predicted for Puglia and Calabria for most of the week.
Intense heat
and humidity is predicted across a large part of the Po Valley, where between
ten and 30 percent of crops were devastated during June's heatwave.
The mercury could hit 38C
in Rome and 39C in Florence by Wednesday, meteorologists have warned.
When will it
be worst (and when is it over)?
Though it's
already pretty hot in much of Italy, the heat and humidity is predicted to be
most intense from Wednesday to Friday, cooling down slightly at the weekend.
Stormy weather will spread through the north and
centre-north over Saturday and Sunday, and while forecasters say there
is a chance of severe storms similar to those seen after the last heatwave,
they would be “brief and very localised.”
Temperatures
are expected to drop by around five degrees by Saturday – just in time for
Italy's first “mass exodus” of the summer. The last weekend in July is
traditionally when many Italians head for the beaches and begin their summer
holidays.
Luckily for anyone heading for the beaches in the
south and the major islands, these areas will avoid the stormy weather. Here
clear skies, sunshine and high temperatures are predicted to continue over the
weekend, with temperatures slightly lower on the coast.
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