Italy is ready to face a new one wave of bad weatherexpected in the next ones 48 ore. The first rains are already underway in the north-east and eastern Liguria, but in truth it will be the central and southern regions that will receive the heaviest rainfall by Saturday morning.
The depression fueled by cold polar maritime winds, coming from Greenland, will move towards the Central-South within Friday 20 December. They will arrive heavy snowfall on theCentral Apennineswith significant accumulations starting from 800 meters of altitude. Meanwhile, the winds of mistral e di west will intensify considerably, especially affecting the middle-lower Tyrrhenian Sea. In these areas, they are expected violent storms which could cause disruption along the coasts.
After a temporary improvement between the evening of Saturday and the day of Sundaybad weather will return to the scene shortly before Natale. This time, it will be a wave of arctic coldcoming from Northern Europeto determine particularly harsh and lively atmospheric conditions. There Christmas Eve it could be completely different compared to past years, with a sharp decline in temperature and a typically winter climate.
The impact of this new phase will be felt most in the regions of Central-Southwith a focus on middle-lower Adriatic. Here, the mix of cold and precipitation will bring the neve until high hillscreating fascinating winter scenarios. On the contrary, the Northern Italy he will experience a completely different situation: time will remain predominantly stablewith skies serenebut in a context of rather cold temperatures at night.
Let’s see what awaits us in detail in the next seven days:
Friday 20 December: cyclone moving rapidly southwards. Widespread bad weather in central Italy with heavy snowfall up to 800 meters by the evening. Strong gale force winds on the mid-lower Tyrrhenian Sea. Temperatures dropping.
Saturday 21 December: last rains in the south, improvement markedly elsewhere. Strong north and mistral winds. Temperatures dropping.
Sunday 22 December: stable everywhere in the morning, rapidly increasing clouds from the afternoon and scattered phenomena on the Tyrrhenian side. Snowfall in the border Alps.
Monday 23 December: strong fault arriving especially in the central-south, Arctic outbreak in sight with strong temperature drop.
Tuesday 24 December: depression in the Ionian Sea, bad weather widespread in the south and middle-lower Adriatic with snowfall up to the hills! Clear and cold in the north.
Wednesday 25 December: Christmas in the cold, strong north winds in the south, scattered showers and snowflakes up to 400-500 meters in the south. Episodes of havoc right up to the coasts. Clear in the north.
All rain forecast until December 25th:
Thursday 26 December: Instability persists in the south with a cold and fully wintry climate. Clear in the north and much of the center.
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