A week of intense heat and stable weather, with a warm air mass originating from North Africa heading straight for Italy, particularly affecting central and southern Italy and Sardinia, though not sparing the north.

This is what Federico Brescia, meteorologist for iLMeteo.it, predicts. "Maximum temperatures," he says, "will range between 39°C and 41°C in many areas of central and southern Italy and across all of Sardinia."

The mercury column reached 30°C in Sardinia even at the reference altitude of 1500 metres.

"Such warming," Brescia comments, "will push the freezing level to extraordinary levels, ready to exceed 5,000 meters."

In Florence, the thermometer will reach 39°C, in Rome 38°C. Northern Italy will experience hot and muggy conditions, with the Po Valley reaching 37-38°C in the afternoon, although the heat will be slightly milder than in the southern regions.

Medium-term weather simulations show no signs of a break in the heatwave over the course of the week. The only notable exception will be between Friday and Saturday, when a temporary and slight weakening of the northern edge of the high pressure system will favor a slight drop in temperatures in the North, associated with a few localized thunderstorms. Across the rest of the peninsula, sunshine and a static atmosphere will remain the undisputed protagonists.

(Unioneonline)

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