Intense rains and more storms will hit the Northwest, (especially Piedmont), Sardinia and also Ionian Calabria, Basilicata and southern Puglia (Salento already in the morning, the other regions from the afternoon / evening. For another three days Italy will be caged in a cyclonic circulation that only from Thursday seems to be resolved definitively. These are the forecasts of Antonio Sanò, director and founder of the site www.iLMeteo.it. and on Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, in these areas more and more widespread rainfall is expected and also in the form of storms on Puglia, Molise, Abruzzo and Marche.It will continue to rain in Sardinia while this afternoon it will begin to worsen also in western Sicily.The active depressionary circulation near Sardinia will gradually begin to lose power over the course of Wednesday when the rains will become less incisive and more irregularly distributed, especially in the Center-South. Starting from Thursday the high pressure of the Azores will return to conquer our country starting from the North towards the rest of Italy by Friday, thus putting an end to this wave of bad weather. The anticyclonic break, however, will not last long, in fact from the Arctic Circle a very cold air mass is ready to swoop down on Italy towards the end of the month. If this is confirmed we will see the first taste of winter with a drop in temperatures of up to 10 ° C in all regions.
Due to bad weather and the weather alert issued by the Civil Protection until midnight on Monday and the ordinances of the mayor of Cagliari and the mayor of Monserrato, in addition to the schools, the University also closes today. The following activities are suspended: teaching activities (examples: lectures, exams, exercises, seminars, workshops, student collaborations, Erasmus); libraries, study rooms and related activities; discussion of degrees. Didactic activities programmed exclusively at a distance are also suspended - the University says - as they may not take place regularly due to potential power cuts. Teachers and technical-administrative and library staff can go to work,except in cases for which there are difficulties caused by events (difficulties in reaching the workplace due to transport, or family difficulties caused by the fact that their children do not go to school). And the Municipality of Cagliari, in consideration of the various criticalities deriving from bad weather, announces that via dei Valenzani and via Italia in Pirri have been closed to traffic, from via Salvo D'Acquisto to via Pisano and Via Lorenzo il magnifico ( due to the collapse of a wall).Purchase up to via Pisano and Via Lorenzo il magnifico (due to the collapse of a wall).Purchase up to via Pisano and Via Lorenzo il magnifico (due to the collapse of a wall).
It has been raining non-stop for several hours on Piedmont, where the Arpa Functional Center has issued a yellow alert for hydrogeological risk in the south of the region, in particular in the Alessandria area on the border with Liguria, due to possible local flooding and landslides associated with thunderstorms of greater intensity. Abundant snowfalls in the mountains, above 1,500 meters. An improvement is expected on Tuesday when the depression moves towards the African Mediterranean coasts.
The connections with ferries between Piombino (Livorno) and the island of Elba are suspended due to the strong wind. As reported by the Piombino captain's office, the last ship for the island, bound for Portoferraio, left at 5.30 this morning, then due to docking problems the departing races were suspended. The last ferry to arrive from Portoferraio was the Marmorica, docking at 6 am, which due to the strong wind was able to dock on the quay with about an hour late. Also from the Piombino captaincy they report that during the day the weather conditions are expected to improve and that therefore regular connections should be restored during the day. In addition, slight slowdowns in ship traffic are recorded in the port of Livorno, due to the strong north-east wind (20-25 knots) in progress,since every incoming and outgoing ship needs the assistance of the tugs: this morning the Maritime Adviser of the port reported it. Some inconvenience also in passenger traffic: again due to the strong wind this morning both the ferry to the island of Capraia and the one to the island of Gorgona skipped the ride.
