In Sardinia temperatures plummet, it's "freezing" at high altitude: on Bruncu Spina at night 3.4°
Sudden drop in Nuoro, below ten degrees also in Sassari and Oristano. Today gale force winds and storm surges on the coastsSudden drop in temperatures in Sardinia with minimum peaks of up to three degrees on Gennargentu.
At the Bruncu Spina station, 1,500 meters above sea level, 3.4 degrees were recorded. At Su Separadorgiu (1,440) 4.6 degrees, at Su Filariu (1370) 5.4. But even lower altitudes, Desulo and Fonni, saw thermometers not exceed 9 degrees. Below 10 degrees in the Sassarese, in Pattada, and in the Oristano, in Santa Sofia.
Meanwhile, in the rest of Sardinia, after yesterday's heavy rains, strong winds and storm surges are expected today.
The Civil Protection warns that the island will be affected "widely by strong winds (over 10.8 meters per second), with reinforcements up to gale force (17.2 meters per second) in the north-eastern sector, on the exposed coasts and on the reliefs of the rest of the island".
Gusts up to storm force (over 20.8 m/s, therefore above 70 kilometres per hour) will also be possible on the reliefs, mainly the eastern ones.
«Storm surges are also expected on exposed coasts, with significant average wave heights of up to 5 metres and peak periods of up to 10 metres on the north-western coasts».
Phenomena that will only ease off in the late evening.
(Online Union)