(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 9 - A heatwave is set to hit Italy this week with temperatures rising as high as 37 degrees Celsius, forecasters have said.
Mattia Gussoni, meteorologist for the website www.iLMeteo.it, confirmed the formation of a real atmospheric block for the next few days: it will be a particular configuration that will see the African anticyclone extend for several thousand kilometers (from South to North) to protect almost the entire Mediterranean basin and a good part of Europe, from Gibraltar to Scandinavia.
In fact, explains the expert, "the weather conditions in this situation will remain almost immobile for many days, with lots of sun and no rain in most regions. Our country will find itself in the heart of this sort of high pressure bubble".
Temperatures will rise several degrees above the reference climatic averages, with suffocating heat over more than half of Italy: in particular, maximum peaks are expected (especially from Tuesday 10th onwards) up to 36-37°C in Tuscany, Lazio, Molise, Basilicata, Puglia, Sicily, Sardinia and Calabria (locally up to 40°C in the internal areas of the two Major Islands). Muggy and hot weather will also increase in the rest of the regions where peaks of 33-34°C will easily be reached in cities such as Milan, Bologna and Rome. These particular conditions will accompany us throughout the week, from Monday 9th to Sunday 15th June.
"At the moment in fact - says Gussoni - we do not see a way out of this atmospheric block at least until the last ten days of the month".
Detailed forecast: - Monday 9. In the North: sunny, but less hot. In the Center: sunny, slight drop in temperatures. In the South: sunny, but less hot.
- Tuesday 10. In the North sunny and rising temperatures. In the Center very hot and sunny. In the South: all sunny and intense heat Outlook: Second part of the week with new African heat across the country. (ANSA). Read article...
