Cold, thunderstorms, gusts of wind and snow. On Christmas Eve, bad weather will be the protagonist in Italy, with a new disturbance that is bringing heavy rainfall, especially in the Centre-South.
The weather warning for Christmas Eve
For today, Tuesday 24 December, the civil protection department has issued a yellow alert for nine regions: “The vast disturbance with cold air that is affecting our country will continue to maintain conditions of marked instability in the central-southern regions, with precipitation, including snow, down to low altitude together with an intensification of ventilation from the northern quadrants”. The warning, which also covered yesterday evening, predicts “strong to gale force winds from the northern quadrants, locally up to strong gale force winds, over Valle D'Aosta, Liguria, Lombardy, Autonomous Province of Bolzano, Autonomous Province of Trento, Veneto , Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily with storm surges along the exposed coasts”. Snowfall is also expected above 300-500 meters and locally also at lower altitudes, in southern Marche, eastern sectors of Umbria and central-southern Lazio, Abruzzo and Molise, and snowfall above 500-800 meters in central Puglia. northern, Campania, Basilicata, Calabria and northern Sicily. The yellow alert for December 24 concerns parts of Marche, Umbria, Lazio, the entire territory of Abruzzo, Molise, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria and a large part of Sicily.
Christmas in the snow: that's where
As the 3bmeteo experts also confirm, the Christmas vortex will bring snowfall in various areas: “On Christmas Eve, flakes are expected on the central-southern Apennine ridge and in Sicily from 400/700m, with the snow likely to fall weakly on locations such as L' Aquila until Tuesday morning, white snow also in Sulmona. Slightly more significant snowfalls expected in Campobasso and Potenza, where 5/10cm of fresh snow may accumulate on the Campania Apennines with around 10cm expected in Trevico, possible snow mixed with rain until the morning in Matera also in Altamura, in the Murge San Giovanni in Fiore, also 15/20cm in Gambarie d'Aspromonte in Sicily in Enna accumulations even exceeding one meter on the Majella and Matese, above 1500 metres”.
A script that should also be repeated tomorrow, Wednesday 25 December. More snow in L'Aquila, Sulmona and Campobasso, with a few flakes on the Campanian Apennines in Trevico and in Calabria on the Sila. More rain and thunderstorms in Sicily instead.
