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SITUATION. A great depression continues to dominate the scene in much of the European continent, while a secondary minimum remains in action in the central Mediterranean, situated precisely between the Ligurian Sea, Upper Tyrrhenian and Corsica, fed by cold currents descending from the North. Europe. This is the origin of a series of fronts that are involving Italy, with conditions of instability.
UNSTABLE IN PART OF THE NORTH. In the north, the phenomena are concentrated in the alpine areas and foothills and most of the northwest, with rains and showers in Piedmont, Liguria and western Lombardy and rainfall accumulations that until now have been more consistent in the Genoese interior, where as of midnight they reach 35 mm. Continues in bad weather even in the vicinity of the eastern alpine mountains, as well as in the foothills.
UP TO ONE METER OF SNOW IN LOS DOLOMITAS. The snowfall limit is still quite low, although it is increasing compared to the last few days, fluctuating around 500 / 700m in the western Alps, around 400m in the central-east. The snow continues in the western Alps, where fresh snow cover of more than 1500 m locally reaches the half meter. However, the heaviest snowfalls affect the eastern Alps, with the The most important accumulations of fresh snow between the Belluno Dolomites and Upper Friuli, with almost one meter, bringing the total to 3 meters already from 1700m of altitude.
REVERSE AND STORM OVER SARDINIA AND TIRRENO. Another front that starts from the same minimum pressure to the west of the Peninsula concerns Sardinia and the Tyrrhenian regions, driven by a tense flow of currents from the southwest that, at the height of the island, are arranged by the Mistral. Alone in Sardinia, snowflakes fall on inland areas from around 800 m. In the peninsular belt, Lazio and Campania are the regions directly affected by instability, even if the phenomena driven by the western flow sometimes border Abruzzo, Molise and Upper Puglia. To report snow on the crest of the Apennines at more than 700/900 m.
LOTS OF SNOW IN THE TOSCAN-EMILIANOS APENNES. It continues to snow in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines already from 700 / 800m, after the heavy snowfalls on Saturday that mainly affected Abetone, where even two meters of snow have fallen in recent days. On Sunday morning snow falls in the sectors of Reggio, Modena, Parma and Piacenza.
NEXT HOURS. Bad weather will continue in the North, especially in the Northwest, with rains and showers in extension during the day from Liguria to Piedmont and western Lombardy, while they will tend to decrease during the day in the western Alps. Some brightness is expected during the day at Triveneto and Emilia, although at night it will head towards a certain deterioration in the lower Po valley, south of the Po, due to the lifting of a front of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Snow altitude around 600 / 800m in both the Alps and the Northern Apennines. In the central regions bad weather will insist in the Tyrrhenian regions with showers and thunderstorms that will become more insistent in Lazio, while in the interior areas snow will fall more than 800/900 m, up to 500 / 700m in the afternoon. The central Adriatic regions are more sheltered, with wider openings in the afternoon. Unstable in Sardinia and the Lower Tyrrhenian regions, with rains and thunderstorms that will cross to Puglia, although more attenuated. In contrast, drier in Sicily. Snow altitude in the southern Apennines at 800 / 900m. For all the details go to the section Time in Italy.
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