Thunderstorms, hail, winds of 50 km per hour, lightning and heat up to 44 degrees: a weather to say the least the dancer these days. After the violent mid-August storm arriving over the whole of the Centre-North and the hot oppressive in the South with a perceived 44 degrees, the weather can only improve: the end of this semi-tropical phase is expected in the penultimate weekend of August with sunshine and pleasant temperatures almost everywhere. Locally rough sea around Sardinia until Saturday morning.
In fact, meteo.it foresees the removal of the violent Atlantic perturbation towards the Balkans and the simultaneous withdrawal of the African anticyclone, from the south towards Tunisia. Two elements that will leave Italy in a pressure limbo. It is the paradigm of this summer 2022 and change climatic: with the presence of temperatures on average above the average, and the prolongation of the period favorable to heat waves, contrasted by powerful storms, with excessive rain showers in a very short time. A decidedly tropical climate.
On the one hand the warm sea, with high water temperatures (30 degrees), supplies heat, humidity and energy to the storm cells, on the other hand the land affected by heat waves and drought, which is increasingly frequent, does not allow good infiltration of rainwater.
But this summer break it won't last long. Already between Saturday and Sunday the weather conditions will return more stable and sunny, although some disturbances will remain caused by a further influx of fresh currents from the north, with some episodic thunderstorms. But let's see in detail what to expect from this last weekend of August.
Weather forecast last weekend of August: Saturday 20 and Sunday 21
Friday 19. The North will still be characterized by bad weather. In the Center, scattered thunderstorms, even intense ones. In the South, local downpours on the Gargano and in Campania.
Saturday 20. In the North: good weather except for local gatherings in the North-East, except for a little instability in the Alps, where isolated showers are possible in the afternoon. At the Center: good weather. In the South, still a few clouds, but alternating with sunny moments and with little residual rain, mostly concentrated in the inland areas: afternoon thunderstorms over Calabria and locally Sicily. Maximum temperatures in further decline in the South, rising instead in the rest of the country.
Sunday 21. In the north, good weather, the risk of any afternoon showers will be low and limited to the Maritime Alps and the mountainous areas between eastern Lombardy and Triveneto. Even in the Center there was good weather, except for clouds between Eastern Liguria and Upper Tuscany. In the South it will be a windy day for winds mainly from Mistral with gusts up to 50-60 km per hour and with rough to locally very rough seas. Afternoon thunderstorms over Calabria and locally Sicily.
Next week. Since Monday, the anticyclone has risen towards the Alpine region and the western Mediterranean, frequent afternoon thunderstorms in the south, on southern Puglia, Basilicata Campania, Calabria and Sicily. As far as temperatures are concerned, we will not have other heat waves: overall, a period of bearable summer heat awaits us with the highest and above-normal values, this time in the North on the Tyrrhenian power plants and Sardinia where temperatures should not exceed 32-33 degrees .
Bad weather, Intesa and Unicredit in the front row to support families and businesses
In light of the high-intensity rainfall that hit various parts of the country - causing victims, injuries and hundreds of displaced people - Understanding St. Paul has allocated a ceiling of 1 billion euro at favorable conditions to support households and businesses residing in areas affected by bad weather.
The Group also provides for the possibility of requesting the suspension for 12 months of the capital share of the shares loan installments.
The Unicredit has launched various support interventions in favor of the communities affected by the disaster. Among the initiatives, a 12-month moratorium on mortgage payments and low-interest loan lines for families and businesses that have suffered damage from the exceptional wave of bad weather.
