The next few days are going to be tough, hot, muggy. The African anticyclone Nero doesn't want to leave Italy, and so it is preparing the last flare-up of summer 2023; in fact, until Saturday, August 26, Nero will scorch most of our regions with about 38°C for at least five consecutive days. That would be a record for its duration. It will be the central and northern regions of Italy that will have to deal with the African heatwave. Until Saturday 26, daytime highs will easily reach 37-39°C in Tuscany, Emilia Romagna, Lombardy, Veneto, and Piedmont, with major cities becoming scorching and unbreathable, including Milan, Rome, Florence, Bologna, Padua, Pavia, Alessandria, Turin, Mantua, Bolzano, and Terni. Only in the South will the heat be less intense and 36-37°C will be touched only in Taranto, Caserta, Syracuse, Agrigento and on the Ionian coasts of Basilicata, while elsewhere it will not go beyond 32-34°C. No major rainfall is expected either, except for occasional precipitation over inland Sicily, the Cilento and Pollino Mountains, and from Thursday also on the Alpine borders. Is there a date for the end of this authentic heat storm? It seems that this will be the last African flare-up of the season: from Sunday, August 27, a cyclone from the United Kingdom is expected to drop rapidly in latitude until it reaches the Mediterranean Sea and then Italy.
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