(ANSA) – ROME, APRIL 20 – The rains are back, even in Northern Italy hit by extreme drought, but, according to the Spei Index (Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index), it is noted that Central Italy has also been hit. If we take the last 12 months into consideration, we can see a negative Spei index with drought in Northern Italy, Center, Sicily and Sardinia. A problem of deficit from North to South, because, according to the experts of the site www.iLMeteo.it “even where it rained a little more, the exceptionally hot temperatures of the last 12 months immediately made the water evaporate”. From tomorrow the rain will also arrive in Piedmont, where it never rained last winter. It will return to the dry Po, it will return to the reservoirs that are struggling to produce hydroelectric energy, it will also return to the Center with dry rivers. At the moment Lorenzo Tedici, meteorologist of the site www.iLMeteo.it, confirms that “the real rainfall will arrive as early as today. From Thursday 50 liters per square meter will be possible in Sardinia and between Emilia and Lower Piedmont; on Friday we expect more than 40 liters per square meter, especially in Emilia Romagna and Campania “. Rain from North to South until Saturday, then the weather will probably improve in the central and southern regions. There are still uncertainties for the holiday period of April 25th. The sun could return for the Liberation Day. In detail: Thursday 21. In the north: bad weather with widespread rains, less frequent in the North-East. Center: overcast sky with widespread rain. In the south: it worsens especially on the peninsular regions.
Friday 22. In the north: still bad weather, further extending towards the North-East. Middle: bad weather with rain and thunderstorms.
In the south: widespread rains, more intense in Campania.
Trend. From Sunday the weather has improved in the Center-South, 25 April sunnier, but to be confirmed. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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