The first real snow in Italy inevitably causes the first inconveniences. In Alagna Valsesia, in the province of Vercelli, rescue operations were successfully completed in the evening for about 150 skiers and hikers who were unable to return to the valley due to the closure of the cable car facilities, which were stopped due to strong gusts of wind over Alagna Valsesia. This is reported by the Piedmontese Alpine and Cave Rescue Service, which carried out the operation together with the Alpine Rescue of the Financial Guard. “All of the more than 150 people who were blocked were brought safely to the valley,” informs the Alpine rescue service.
Snow warning
Snow warning in Italy. During the weekend of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, our country will be affected by a period of bad weather caused by a cyclone fed by arctic-polar air masses. In addition to rain, thunderstorms and strong winds, snow will also return, locally abundant in the Alps and the Apennines. Until the early hours of Saturday, explains 3B Meteo, the Alpine border areas will see the most abundant amounts of snow, with over 50/60 cm in the western areas. From Saturday, the arrival of an intense disturbance front will also bring snow on our territory, but initially mainly in the Alps, as temperatures will still be high elsewhere. Only on Sunday, with the stronger influx of cold air over the Mediterranean basin, will we experience snowfalls at interesting heights in the Apennines.
Which cities are at risk?
The drop in temperature will allow the arrival of snow in the Alps from Saturday December 7th, up to altitudes of 4/500 meters in Piedmont, Aosta Valley, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. As the hours pass, due to another cold influx, the snow will reach the plains/hills of Monferrato, Langhe, Roero, the Pavese and western Emilia, with flakes in the cities of Piacenza, Parma, Reggio Emilia and Modena. But it will not only snow in the north: also the Apennines, especially on Sunday December 8th, are ready to receive plenty of snow, with storms over 900/1000 meters in Emilia-Romagna (here there will still be the risk of snowfall as far as the Emilian plains), Marche, Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio and Abruzzo.
Meteo, the snow on Saturday
On Saturday snow will fall mainly in the alpine/pre-Alpine areas and in the Ligurian and western Emilian Apennines. The snow line for the Alps will vary between 1100/1300 in the westernmost areas and 600/700 m in the eastern ones. Lower snowfall limit in the Piedmont Pre-Alps up to 200/400 m or locally below. The total expected accumulations in 24 hours, that is, until 00 a.m. on Sunday, are around 30/40 cm max for the Aosta Valley, 15/20 cm max for the Piedmont sector, 20/30 cm max for the Lombard sector, 15/20 cm max for the eastern one between Trentino, Veneto and Friuli. For the Ligurian and western Emilian Apennines, the snowfall limit drops to 400/700 m with accumulations at heights of up to 15/20 cm.
The regions affected by snowfall on Sunday
On Sunday, however, abundant snowfall at night and early in the morning in the eastern Alpine sectors, then the snowfall will be mainly concentrated in the Apennines, with only residual snowfall in the Alps. The snowfall line remains at around 600/700 m for the Eastern Alps, higher in Lombardy, while in the Apennines it will fall significantly during the day, with heights ranging in the afternoon between 400/600 m in the northern sector and 700/900 m in the central to Molise and the upper Campania. The expected accumulations in 24 hours, i.e. until 00 a.m. on Monday, are around 60/70 cm for the eastern Alps, 50/60 cm max for the northern Apennines, 10/15 cm for the central to Molise and Campania. Further south snowfall only in the mountains, around 1300/1500 m.
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