(METEOGIORNALE.IT) We are in the heart of a completely different weather phase compared to a few days ago. The long train of disturbances that followed one another without stopping for weeks already seems like a distant memory. After months in which a continuous sequence of Atlantic disturbances crossed the Mediterranean, the atmospheric circulation at a European level has drastically changed.
A robust high pressure field has now embraced not only the Iberian Peninsula but also all of our regions. As a result, the way has been opened to a period of stability that has been missing for some time. But let’s see all the details.
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We have to go back to the first part of December to find such a marked and lasting dominance of high pressure over the Mediterranean basin. Subsequently, in fact, numerous disturbed impulses followed one another, with a cold wave at the beginning of January and a lot of rain between the last part of January and the whole of February. Now, however, the scenario is totally different. Weather projections indicate that the anticyclonic presence could accompany us even until the first days of March. Longer than expected, in short.
Very few ailments
Undisturbed sun and mild climate? Depends. Some cloud cover over the Tyrrhenian regions cannot be ruled out, but without associated phenomena. Furthermore, in the Po Valley there could be low clouds and fog, although not persistent for the entire day. By now the solar radiation warms up a lot in the central hours and therefore the fog dissolves.
Elsewhere really undisturbed sun. In the meantime, temperatures are expected to rise further, especially towards the weekend, when milder currents of North African origin will begin to affect the Central-South and the major islands. This warm reminder will be favored by the formation of a depression between Morocco and Spain, with values that will rise well above the averages.
What great values!
Already starting from Tuesday, temperatures reached 18-22 degrees (not favorable!) in the western Valpadana and locally also along the Tyrrhenian coasts, up to Sicily and Sardinia. Slightly lower values are found on the Adriatic side, due to weak fresh winds from the Balkans, but without associated cloud phenomena.
Furthermore, the now non-negligible sunshine will contribute to increase the sensation of warmth during the central hours of the day. It’s true that the sun isn’t hot, but accustomed to the gloomy and gray climate of recent weeks it seems like a completely different season. Continue to follow our weather updates!
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The article was written by carefully analyzing the runs of the following weather models and re-edited by the author: ECMWF, NOAA Global Forecast System, ICON, AROME, ARPEGE (METEOGIORNALE.IT)
