Italy is hit by the next bad weather wave. According to experts, the prospects for Easter week are miserable.
Rome – Easter holidays in Tuscany or on a farm in the Emilia Romagna sounds a bit dismantled, but many swear by it. At this time the weather is perfect for a vacation in Italy – actually. The Palm Sunday was already rainy and at the start of Holy Week, Italian civil defense exits the alarm level yellow in various regions. “Unforgettable weather, exceptionally bad”, predicts the Italian weather portal ilmeteo.it. And: Easter and Easter Monday are expected to stay there, or at least unstable.
Easter weather in Italy: disaster protection warns of storm surges and rain
“An Atlantic disturbance moves from Western Europe towards the Mediterranean and brings warm, moist and unstable air to Italy, which leads to a gradual deterioration of the weather on the entire peninsula,” says the Italian Ministry of Disaster Protection Pretenzione Civile.
- Hurricane gusts over Sicily and possible storm surges along the exposed coast can be expected from the early morning hours on Monday (April 14).
- The yellow alarm level applies to Tuscany, Latium, Umbria and parts of the Abruzzo – in the regions there is widespread to be expected with showers and thunderstorms. The phenomenon could be accompanied by heavy rains, lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind.
Italy weather on Easter: Scirocco winds with up to 70 km/h on the coast
The municipality of Livorno in the Toscana added, according to the Italian news agency Ansa In addition, “considerable average cumulations”, “Scirocco wind (southeast) with gusts of up to 50 to 70 km/h” and “very rauer See off the coast” would have to be expected.
Scale -like rain in Italy: “insidious cyclone” before Easter
“We are at the beginning of a storm phase,” writes ilmeteo.it. After the first phase in northern Italy and the middle to upper Tyrrhian coast – which could especially hit the Tuscany, with torrential rains, the second phase will follow from Wednesday. And this between Wednesday and Thursday (April 17) would get worse.
Cold air masses from the North Atlantic could promote the formation of an “insidious cyclone” over our seas. An “intensive disorder” in the northern regions and on the Tyrrhian coast also expects meteo.it. The weather portal expects locally critical problems and in this phase with strong South Winden and Rauer See.
The currently calculated rainy amounts to Good Friday are enormous. 100 up to 300 liters of rain per square meter are possible locally. An “extraordinary amount of water”, which could cause problems in Piedmont, Liguria and Lombardy, as well as in the west of the Emilia-Romagna.
Weather forecasts for the Easter weekend in Italy still shaky
A forecast for the Easter weekend is loud meteo.it still affected with great uncertainties. However, the weather portal calculates with rather spring -like temperatures. Despite the bad weather, warm air masses would get to Italy because of the strong south winds. (ml)
