Hot week with that Puglia to the hottest regions of Italy and the city Red dot for heat waves. The temperatures In Apulia they will reach peak values of over 45 degrees. Wednesday and Thursday are the hottest days. But let’s look at this in detail forecast for the next few days with the arrival of Charon.
Hot and humid with the African anticyclone
A week of high temperatures, starting this weekend, with the African anticyclone encroaching across the entire Mediterranean basin. The impact on Italy will be that 40 degrees will be reached across most of the peninsula, with peaks of 45 and above, potentially breaking the record of 48.8 degrees, according to the European Space Agency. in Floridia in the province of Syracuse on August 11, 2021. Forecasts speak of possible 41 and 43 degrees in Florence and Rome. Tuesday and Wednesday 18th and 19th July “They look like the hottest days,” explains Lamma-Cnr consortium director Bernardo Gozzini, stressing that temperatures over the next few days will be at least higher than the seasonal averages seen in July over the past 30 years by at least 8 degrees, but also by more than 10.
Apulia is one of the hottest regions
Sardinia, Sicily, Puglia and even Calabria are the hottest regions. The intense heat also increases health risks. In fact, the number of cities marked with the Ministry of Health’s red dot, which indicates the maximum level of risk for the entire population, is increasing. cities out Red point In fact, it’s from 10 to 15 on Saturday and 16 on Sunday in 27 monitored centers. Saturday – July 15 – Cities are in red bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Campobasso, Catania, Civitavecchia, Florence, Frosinone, Latina, Messina, Perugia, Pescara, Rieti, Rome and Viterbo. Palermo will also be added on Sunday. On Saturday, the orange dot, indicating the maximum level of risk for fragile populations such as the elderly, children and those with chronic diseases, affects the cities of Ancona, Bolzano, Genoa, Palermo, Reggio Calabria and Trieste instead. Brescia, Milan, Venice and Verona will also be orange on Sunday. Heat waves occur when very high temperatures are recorded for several consecutive days, often combined with high humidity, strong sunlight and a lack of ventilation. These climatic conditions can pose a risk to the health of the population.
tropical nights
This new heat wave will also bring tropical nights with temperatures above 20 degrees and humidity that will increase physical discomfort. Gozzini goes into more detail that temperatures of 40 degrees can already be measured in Sardinia from Sunday, with an upward trend in the following days. And that will remain so for the whole of next week, albeit from Thursday, but the development is still being evaluated, stresses Gozzini. There could be a drop in temperature in the central north, always above average but lower, between 34 and 36 degrees. While for “Sardinia, Puglia and Sicily on the horizon we do not see any significant changes except 2-3 degrees less than the temperatures that will always remain high ».
“We are facing a very hot mass of air that will envelop not only the entire Mediterranean basin, including Spain and Greece, and the Balkan Peninsula, but also part of northern Europe as far as Germany and Berlin, which could reach and exceed 30 degrees,” says the director of Lamma-Cnr. And we’re starting to take action. Florence has extended the red code until July 16, the Lazio region has drawn up plans to deal with health risks and protect against fires, while in Greece it has been decided to close the Acropolis of Athens in the central hours. In Italy, the founder of the website www.iLMeteo.it, Antonio Sanò, points out that the wave will be widespread and the peaks will vary from 45°C in Pugliaup to 39-40°C in the north and 48°C in Sardinia and Sicily.
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