The weak perturbation that touched Northern Italy yesterday moved away on the Balkan Peninsula followed by a lively flow of westerly currents, not very humid, which manifests itself with Foehn winds in the western Alps, Mistral winds in Sardinia and on the Tyrrhenian Sea. A unstable air core present in the north of the country could trigger the development of some storm afternoon or evening on the Northeast.
Sunday colder air from Northern Europe it will point towards the western Mediterranean where it will favor the formation of a low pressure circulation. Time will become more unstable especially on the major islands, in Emilia and in the Centre, while the climate will become cooler, especially in the South and Islands. On Monday, the center of the low pressure circulation should move to the South, causing a rainy phase and a general reinforcement of the northern winds throughout the country.
The forecast for the next few hours
In the morning, possible light snowfalls in the Alpine border sectors of Valle d’Aosta and upper Piedmont, above 1000-1200 metres; irregular cloudiness in the extreme northeast, in the internal areas of the centre, in Campania and in Calabria; occasional rains on Tyrrhenian Calabria. Serene or partly cloudy skies in the rest of Italy. In the afternoon mostly sunny weather in most regions, with a tendency to increase cloudiness in Sicily. Possible isolated thunderstorms on the pre-Alpine and foothill areas of the Northeast.
Temperature highs up in the North, down in Sardinia; mild climate everywhere. Windy due to mistral on Sardinia, on the middle and lower Tyrrhenian Sea; Foehn in the northwestern Alpine valleys. Seas: mainly the Adriatic is not rough; from rough to very rough the other seas, up to agitated Seas of Corsica and Sardinia.
Forecast for Sunday 2 April
Irregular cloudiness, at times compact, in most of Italy, except for initial clearings in the extreme south and more lasting clearings in the north-west, in particular between Piedmont, western Lombardy and western Liguria. In the morning local rainfall or showers on the coasts of Veneto, Emilia Romagna, upper Tuscany and the middle Adriatic; showers in Sardinia.
In the central hours of the day, there was an increase in instability with scattered precipitations, including downpours or thunderstorms, in Emilia-Romagna, in the Center and in the Islands, more sporadic phenomena in the South; snow level around 1400-1600 meters along the central-northern Apennines; possible isolated showers or thunderstorms also along the Pre-Alps and in the nearby foothills of eastern Lombardy and Veneto. In the evening, there is an improvement trend in the North-East, in the central Tyrrhenian regions and on part of the Islands; more insistent rains and showers on the middle Adriatic and arriving on Calabria.
Temperature peaks in decline in Emilia-Romagna and in the Centre-South, almost stationary in the rest of the North. Winds temporarily weakening, apart from the Mistral again near the Islands. In the evening start of the reinforcement of the ventilation from the north. Seas: the Adriatic has little movement; locally moved Ionian and upper Tyrrhenian; rough or very rough the other basins, up to rough or very rough the seas of Corsica and Sardinia.
