Orange weather alert for seven regions

A disturbance since arctic It will bring a phase of bad weather in much of Italy with intense rains that will affect the Center-North to extend tomorrow also to the South. decrease in temperatures and a steady increase in ventilation of the western quadrants, also with storm gusts strong, which could cause storm surges along the western coasts of the country.

Weather alert, forecasts for the next few hours

Based on available forecasts, the Civil Protection Department has issued a warning of adverse weather conditions that complements and expands the one issued yesterday. The notice provides as of today afternoon, Thursday September 24, generalized rains, also of a reverse or storm nature, in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Since night Scattered to diffuse precipitations, also of an inverse or stormy nature, are expected in Sardinia, Lazio, Umbria in extension to Campania, Basilicata, Calabria and western sectors of Abruzzo and Molise. The phenomena will be accompanied by heavy showers, frequent electrical activity, local hailstorms and strong gusts of wind. The notice also provides, from early morning tomorrow, Friday September 25, hurricane-force winds, with strong gusts, mainly from the western quadrants of Sardinia, Liguria, Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Marche, in extension to Lombardy, Lazio, Umbria, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Basilicata, Puglia, and later in Calabria and Sicily. Marine storms on exposed coasts.

Civil protection has been issued for today, Thursday, September 24, Orange alert in parts of Lombardy, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia – Romagna, Liguria and Tuscany. For tomorrow, Friday, September 25, an orange alert was evaluated in some sectors of Lombardy, in the Tagliamento and Torre mountain basins in Friuli Venezia Giulia, in most of Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, Basilicata and in the north. Western Sardinia. Yellow alert in the rest of the country.

🔔🟠 #alertORANGE tomorrow, # 25settembre, in seven Regions
🔔🟡 #allertaGIALLA over much of Italy
🌧💨 Adverse Weather Warning # 24settembre for rain and winds up to strong storms 👉 https://t.co/Aq0WZSz7nr#Civil protection pic.twitter.com/11hy8brP3E

– Department of Civil Protection (@DPCgov) September 24, 2020

The weather forecast for Friday, September 24

“In the next few hours we expect a clear change in weather and climate conditions in Italy, due to an intense downward disturbance from northern Europe and fueled by cold air from Greenland. This is confirmed by the 3bmeteo.com meteorologist Edoardo Ferrara, who warns: “In the next few hours there will be showers and storms, even of strong intensity, with an initially greater participation from the Centronord. Bursts of clouds with peaks of more than 100 will be possible. mm in the Alps, Pre-Alps and northern foothills., Eastern Ligurian species, Upper Tuscany, strong storms that will attack the Tyrrhenian side on Friday, spreading to the Adriatic side, with intense phenomena between Tuscany, Lazio, Umbria, Abruzzo and Sardinia. Friday with storms from Campania and Molise. Temperatures will drop sharply from the north and the snow will return to the Alps to 1100-1500 m at the end of the day. “

Weekend time: forecasts

“This disturbance will lead to a cyclonic circulation in the heart of Italy over the weekend – continues Ferrara from 3bmeteo.com – with new showers and scattered thunderstorms, especially on Sunday and in the Centrosud. This time the north will be more on the margins with greater openings, except for the rains in Emilia Romagna and occasionally also in Liguria and the upper Adriatic. Temperatures will generally drop dramatically with cold air coming in from Greenland, so much so that snow will also return to the north-central Apennines up to 1300-1600 m, but sometimes even below the Emiliano. Snowflakes will also affect the border Alps up to around 1000-1300 m. Nighttime lows in the plains can also drop below 10 ° C in the Centronord plains. In short, autumn will be really serious “

“Attention also to the wind, which will now blow strongly from Scirocco and Libeccio, now from Ponente and Mistral with mule sometimes in the upper Adriatic. Saturday is the worst day in which Mistral gusts of more than 80-90 km / h are expected in the Tyrrhenian Sea and Sicily, up to more than 100 km / h in Sardinia, with swell, waves of more than 4-5 meters and violent storms in exposed sections. Damages, inconveniences and difficulties in maritime connections will be possible. Strong wind even in the mountains with gusts of more than 90-100 km / h in the Alps and the Apennines at high altitude. Pay attention!”