A new heat wave is starting, expected up to 42 degrees

The African anticyclone is strengthened over Italy which brought absolute records of heat in England (over 40 ° C for the first time in history), Scotland, Wales, Ireland and scorching values ​​also in Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.

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Drought: Rome and Viterbo Italian capitals of thirst – Chronicle

Exceptional rainfall deficit on Lazio according to the Anbi Observatory on water resources. Lake Bracciano ‘loses’ 36 centimeters, rivers at their lowest. The Po at 10% of the minimum flow (ANSA)

A historical phase begins also in our country with maximums up to 40/42 ° C: temperatures will rise first in the north and on the Tyrrhenian side, then the heatwave will become the master of the whole boot. The forecasts are Andrea Garbinato, meteorologist of iLMeteo.it, which underlines how the biometeorological conditions will be very similar to those of the famous August 2003. Next week, however, there could be a very slight drop in temperatures in the North but, being in the middle of summer, to be exact in the hottest period of the year. Solleone, a further new North African threat could emerge from the beginning of August. The thermometer will go below zero only at altitudes above 4800 meters and given that the highest mountain in Europe, Mont Blanc, rises up to 4809 meters, the ice, Garbinato notes, melts all over the Alps.

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‘With the rise in temperature we have two problems: The collapse of boulders, even large ones, which are difficult to predict. And, on the glaciers, the bridges of snow, weakened by the heat, which cover the crevasses’. (HANDLE)

According to Meteo Expert meteorologists, it will gradually get warmer even at night, with local lows even higher than 25 degrees. The Atlantic perturbations for many more days will be limited to touching the northernmost alpine sectors to the maximum, generating few episodes of instability.
In detail, the forecasts of iLMeteo.it:

– Thursday 21. In the North: lots of sun and very intense heat. In the center: sun and very intense heat. In the South: sun and heat, peaks in Puglia.
– Friday 22. In the North: lots of sun and very intense heat, discomfort. In the Center: sun and very intense heat, discomfort. In the South: sunny and very hot.
– Saturday 23. In the North: lots of sun and very intense heat, severe discomfort. In the Center: sun and very intense heat, discomfort. In the South: sun and very hot, uncomfortable.
Trend. Unfortunately, the African anticyclone could resist Italy until the end of the month with extreme highs of 40-42 ° C and with tropical nights up to 24-27 ° C.

Source: Ansa

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