Today red dot for 3 cities, tomorrow for 6, and Friday alert for 11 cities. These warnings from the Ministry of Health are enough to make people understand the three "fire" days that await Italy, coinciding with the peak of the heat wave, the African bubble called "Scipione", which has been raging on the boot for days and which will only be attenuated in the next weekend.
From Friday the subtropical anticyclone will push very hot air towards our regions, where there will be the highest temperatures in Europe, and the peak will be reached between Wednesday and Thursday, with peaks of 41 degrees in the Foggia area and 40 in many areas of the south and Sicily. The salient feature of this heat wave is suffering even during the night, due to the very strong humidity.
It will be better on Saturday and Sunday when fresh Atlantic infiltrations trigger thunderstorms, even violent and with hail, from the Alps towards the Valpadana also with Bora winds on the Upper Adriatic which will bring the mercury column below 30 degrees in the north, therefore to normal values. And precisely to avoid inconvenience and risks, the website of the Ministry of Health, in addition to alerting with a red dot starting tomorrow, to minimize the inconvenience created by the heat, has given way to the "Safe Summer" operation.
