A new wave of North African heat arrives, the umpteenth of a scorching season that began on May 10th.
Italy will initially be touched by this mass of air which will head first towards Spain, France and Germany, which will record temperatures even 16 degrees above the seasonal average.
Next week, on the other hand, for the peninsula it could be worse
, with high values in extension to the central regions.
No rain is expected in the next 10 days in Europe
.
This is explained by Andrea Garbinato, responsible for the editing of the website www.iLMeteo.it,
"The North African comeback of these days will probably be one of the most intense in history at a European level - observes the meteorologist -
The worst days will be Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 July
with deviations from the average climatic values of + 16 ° C between France and Germany, and + 12 ° C also in England, Holland and Belgium. No rain is expected in the next 10 days in Europe, except in Scandinavia and locally between Austria and Slovenia ".
As for Italy, he adds, already tomorrow the
37-38 ° C will be reached again in the Po Valley
.
In our country, it could be worse "next week with even higher values and in extension to the central regions. In the South we will experience a warm phase, but not exceptional. Italy could be reached by temperatures about 1
4 degrees higher
than in Italy.
July climate: a quick calculation leads us to predict, compared to the average 28/29 ° C in the Po Valley, peaks of
42/43 ° C
in the middle of next week. The most extreme weather map shows the freezing point at 5,200 meters - concludes the expert - in this case we will not have subzero temperatures in any area of our country, we expect record highs again up to 10 ° C even on Mont Blanc as happened a month ago, in mid-June ".