Weather, wind and snow alert in Tuscany. Grandinata in Arezzo, section A1 of the Apennines closed

Florence, December 25, 2020 – Code Yellow for snow risk me strong wind in Tuscany In the day of Saint Stephen. This was established by the new Cfr bulletin (Regional Functional Center). L ‘yellow alert by the wind it will affect all of Tuscany. The snow alert will be activated at midnight on Saturday, December 26 and will end 12 hours later. And a white cloak has covered today Arezzo, shortly after lunch, but there was no snow but hailstorm.

Winds intensifying to strong from the northeast on Saturday. On the snow front overnight and into the morning there is still snowfall in the Apennine areas descending in altitude to 300-400 meters (locally at lower altitudes). During the night and Saturday morning, snowfall can spread to the mountainous areas of south central Tuscany with an altitude ranging between 300-400 meters in Valdichiana, Val Tiberina and Casentino and 500 meters in Colline Metallifere, Chianti and Amiata. Accumulated in mountain altitudes up to 20 cm, in hilly altitudes, in Upper Mugello, Val Tiberina and Casentino up to 10 cm, only locally higher. In the other south-central areas possible accumulations in mountainous altitudes of up to 3-5 cm.

Highway – Due to the weather alert, a section of the A1 Panoramica motorway between Rioveggio and Aglio was closed on Christmas Day to Florence and between the junction with the Direttissima and Rioveggio to Bologna. The reopening is scheduled for December 26 at 12.