First snow in Abruzzo, yellow alert from the Civil Protection in Molise

First taste of winter and first snowflakes in Molise.

A significant wave of bad weather has been affecting much of the regional territory since yesterday afternoon with a sharp drop in temperatures.

The mountain resorts are whitewashed, from Capracotta to Pescopennataro, in the province of Isernia, up to Campitello Matese, a ski resort in the province of Campobasso.

Heavy rain this morning across almost the entire region, including the capital.

The Civil Protection has issued a yellow alert throughout the day.

"Scattered to widespread rainfall is expected, including thunderstorms. The phenomena will be accompanied by heavy showers, strong gusts of wind, local hailstorms".

The meteorologists had announced it and the snow made its first appearance yesterday on the Abruzzo Apennines.

After a morning with irregularly cloudy skies and some showers, snowfall began in the early hours of the afternoon.

The 'white lady' then began to particularly embrace the Alto Sangro area and the National Park.

Copious flakes deposited around 5/6 centimeters over the hours in Roccaraso, Rivisondoli and Pescocostanzo.

Roofs and streets covered in snow also in Pescasseroli.

Not only the province of L'Aquila saw snow, Prati di Tivo, on the Teramo side of Gran Sasso, Passolanciano and the Majelletta area were also covered in snow.

The depression core of Arctic-maritime origin, after reaching Italy, excavated a minimum depression moving from the lower Tyrrhenian towards the Ionian.

This dynamic provided intense accumulations in Abruzzo, only the internal sections of the region received less precipitation, being downwind of the north-eastern currents.

Tour operators are particularly happy with this early winter on All Saints' Day, in the hope that the season can continue optimally in view of the opening of the ski lifts in December.

In fact, at the starting altitude of the Roccaraso ski area, that of Aremogna at 1,600 metres, by mid-afternoon there had already been more than 10 centimeters of snow.

Over the course of last night the snowfall continued, albeit less intensely, but the lowering of the snow level meant that a light snow fell down to 1,000 metres, as in Campo di Giove.