Charon is arriving, the anticyclone of subtropical Saharan matrix that will ferry Italy in a torrid phase of the summer.
The transition is expected starting tomorrow, while the peak intensity will be reached between Sunday and Monday, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees.
Between Sunday and Monday the "heart" of Charon will station at maximum power over our regions - warns Antonio Sanò, director of the www.ilmeteo.it portal - pumping very hot air from the Algerian hinterland. It will be the hottest days of the summer: 40 degrees in Puglia, Calabria, Sicily, therefore the record of 40 will be reached, in Rome perceived as 42, 39 in Florence perceived as 42, 38 in Bologna perceived as 43. It will also be hit hard Bolzano, where the alarm level is already maximum.
The expected heat will also affect the health of healthy and active people, not just subgroups at risk such as the elderly, young children or people with chronic diseases.
Fortunately, the economic repercussions are not expected to be dramatic. For now there is no drought warning in the Italian countryside, therefore no problems for the crops say from Coldiretti, in consideration of the fact that the anomalous trend of spring and the first part of summer, characterized by prolonged rains, has made it possible to recharge groundwater and basins.
The situation on farms is more serious, where the heat is already damaging farm production. Fans, showers and air conditioners have already come into operation in the Lombard stables to refresh cows and pigs - explains Coldiretti Lombardia - in recent years the increasingly frequent heat peaks are also creating problems for hens: they lay fewer eggs (for now the decrease is included between 5 and 10 percent) and anticipate moulting due to heat stress.
