Weather alert in the Center-South for bad weather and strong thunderstorms

Bad weather continues to lash in many areas: the Civil Protection has issued an orange alert for thunderstorms and hydrogeological risk in Puglia and in some areas of Basilicata, after the heavy rains of recent days. The weather is also getting worse in Sardinia. Instability over the weekend, while next week could start with stable weather thanks to high pressure

A low-pressure circulation, with cold air at high altitude, moves between France and the Iberian Peninsula. Today we will have many clouds passing over Italy but with few phenomena, mostly over the North-West, Tuscany and from the evening on the Major Islands. Tomorrow, pay attention to Sardinia, in particular the eastern sectors, where a flow of humid currents will bring abundant and persistent rain, even in the form of a thunderstorm or storm. Precipitation which will however also affect the North-West and Sicily but generally with less intensity. An unstable passage is expected for Friday over a large part of the Peninsula with precipitation moving from west to east. The latest updates from the Italian Meteo Center show residual instability also over the weekend with an anticyclonic promontory which however could press from the western Mediterranean. However, there is a lot of uncertainty for next week which could start with stable weather thanks to high pressure but with a vast Atlantic disturbance which should then move across Europe and the Mediterranean, perhaps bringing an intense phase of autumn bad weather.

Worse in Sardinia and Sicily, orange alert in Basilicata

Bad weather will continue to lash in many areas of the Centre-South: the Civil Protection has issued an orange alert for thunderstorms and hydrogeological risk in Puglia and for hydrogeological risk in some areas of Basilicata, after the heavy rains of recent days. Yellow alerts, with different extensions and types of risk, in sectors of Abruzzo, Calabria, Campania and Sicily, as well as in Basilicata itself and in some areas of Puglia for hydraulic risk. The Civil Protection of Sardinia has issued an alert notice in code orange, i.e. moderate criticality, for hydrogeological risk, and in code yellow, ordinary criticality, starting from 6pm yesterday and until midnight today, due to hydrogeological risk for thunderstorms in the Flumendosa, Flumineddu and Gallura alert areas.

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Weather forecast for tomorrow

In the North in the morning many clouds especially in the north-western regions with snow up to around 1200 metres, clearing in the north-east. No substantial changes are expected in the afternoon. In the evening and night, bad weather persists in the western Alps with snow up to around 1200-1400 metres, dry elsewhere with large spaces of clear weather in the north-east. In the center in the morning clear or slightly cloudy skies over the Tyrrhenian regions, more overcast on the Adriatic coasts. No significant changes are expected in the afternoon. A progressive increase in cloud cover is expected in the evening and night with scattered precipitation on the coasts of Tuscany and Lazio at night. In the South and on the islands, stable weather in the morning in all regions with little or irregularly cloudy skies and precipitation in Sardinia. In the afternoon the phenomena persist in Sardinia, especially in the eastern sectors; dry variability elsewhere. In the evening and at night, large clearings on the peninsular regions, overcast but with generally dry weather on the Major Islands. Minimum temperatures generally decreased, rising only on the Major Islands. Maximums stable or increasing in the centre-north, decreasing in the south

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