Searing temperatures in Sardinia , with thermometers reaching 46 degrees Celsius in inland areas. This situation will remain largely unchanged until Sunday. But temperatures are expected to drop starting Monday. On the island in particular, the "African phase" will continue, but it will be attenuated, with highs expected to drop by as much as 8-10 degrees Celsius, making the heat less oppressive.

Lorenzo Tedici , meteorologist and media manager for iLMeteo.it, announced the forecasts for iLMeteo.it: "Thanks to a providential and welcome shift of the African anticyclone westward, the grip will begin to ease: starting Monday, a slight cooldown will arrive in the North, with highs returning to more tolerable levels of 32-33°C. Then, starting Tuesday, the drop in temperatures will also give respite to the central regions, bringing thermometers back to 32-34°C. In the South and the Islands, the African phase will continue, albeit slightly attenuated. We will still record highs of 38-36°C in Sicily and Sardinia, but the air will be less oppressive overall."

Tedici also explains the causes of these heat waves: "We know well that, on some peak days in recent years, the bar has been raised even higher, with Milan often reaching 38°C, Rome 40°C, and Florence 41°C. If we look back at the summers of the 1980s and 1990s, the comparison is merciless . Back then, during the most intense heat waves, maximum temperatures hovered around 32-34°C; only in the South did they reach, albeit with a certain awe, the threshold of 37-38°C. Climate change," Tedici states, "has therefore raised the average temperature in our country by at least 4°C. But it has done even worse: it has multiplied the "fuel" available to the atmosphere. The flip side of the heatwave is extreme weather events. Suddenly, downpours appear, with downburst winds sweeping the region at over 120 km/h and hailstorms with stones up to 10 centimeters in size. The equation is now clear and inexorable: "so much heat equals so many violent thunderstorms."

FORECAST – In detail, Friday the 17th: thunderstorms in the North in the morning, including in the plains, then only in the mountains. Sunny and very hot in the Center. Sunny and exceptionally hot in the South, with peaks of 44-46°C in Sardinia and Sicily .

Saturday the 18th: Warm weather in the North, with some thunderstorms in the Northeast. Sunny and very hot in the Central Region. Sunny and exceptionally hot in the South, with temperatures above 40°C on the islands.

Sunday the 19th: Greater instability in the North in the Triveneto region, sunny elsewhere. Sunny and very hot in the Central Region. Exceptionally hot weather continues in the South and the Islands.

(Unioneonline)

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