
A worsening of weather conditions is expected with instability in the Centre-South and snowfall in the Apennines.
AI-generated summary
A vortex of cold air coming from the Balkans is passing over Italy, causing a drop in temperatures and atmospheric instability.
Today's forecast
A worsening that will make the effects of the vortex arriving from the Balkans felt in the next few hours, with a strengthening of the winds from the Northeast and the arrival of clouds and some rain ready to involve several regions. In the morning, a lot of cloud cover is expected over the Adriatic regions of the Center and a large part of the South, explains ILMeteo.it, with some scattered showers and local thunderstorms in particular between Marche, Abruzzo, Molise, the northernmost area of Puglia, also extending to Calabria, Ionian Sicily and the eastern districts of Sardinia. Moving towards the North and the rest of the Centre, the meteorological picture will remain calmer, at times even sunny in the northern regions.
Sunday and the next few days
As highlighted by Lorenzo Tedici, meteorologist at ILMeteo.it, during Sunday 1 November the cold core will isolate itself in a deep depression over the southern seas, with increasing cloud cover in the North and rainfall also in Romagna (cumulative between 10 and 20 mm/24h). The most significant phenomena will affect the Centre-South: between Sunday afternoon and Tuesday 3 November a sequence of three days of marked instability will open along the Adriatic side and in the South: the phenomena will be persistent between Abruzzo, Molise, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily (30-60 mm/24h), with peaks which between Monday and Tuesday may exceed 70-90 mm/24h in the Lower Tyrrhenian. Regarding the evaluation of the hydrogeological and hydraulic criticalities connected to the relevant rainfall contributions, please refer to the consultation of the official bulletins of the Civil Protection.
Snow in Campo Imperatore on the Apennines
Snow in Campo Imperatore and temperatures dropping in the Abruzzo mountains for the All Saints weekend. The influx of cold air onto the central Apennines will bring sustained winds and new snowfalls, with flakes that may locally reach a thousand meters between Sunday afternoon and the following night. Today the phenomena will be weak in the morning, with more widespread clouds from the afternoon and snow level around 1,500-1,700 meters on Gran Sasso and Maiella. The limit will lower on Sunday: in the mountains of Abruzzo, Marche and Molise it will be possible to snow from 1,200-1,300 metres, temporarily falling lower during the heaviest showers. At lower elevations, however, the flakes will not necessarily form a ground cover. Gusts and poor visibility may make hiking and mountain travel more difficult.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Persistent meteorological instability between 1 and 3 November.
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Italy is divided between the sunny Tyrrhenian side and the cloudy Adriatic side. Strong winds, a drop in temperature and the first snowfalls are expected in the central Apennines at around 1200-1300 meters over the weekend.