May Day bridge partly ruined by bad weather

The May 1 long weekend will be partially marred by bad weather, with the first rains expected for tomorrow evening and the 'highlight' between Sunday and Monday.

According to the forecasts of Antonio Sanò, founder of 'iLMeteo.it', high pressure is giving our country only a brief tepid stable phase.

The first signs of the change in weather conditions will arrive tomorrow, with the first rainfall, at times intense in the evening in Piedmont, while the sun will still prevail in the Centro-South.

    The real deterioration is expected between Sunday and Monday 1 May starting from Northern Italy with alluvial rains in the Northwest, over 100-150 mm of rain: in other words, observes Sanò, up to 150 liters of water for each square metre, "the contents of a bathtub spilled on every square metre".

Sunday and Monday will be the worst days in terms of weather, the best days against the water crisis in Northern Italy.

At the moment there are about 500 mm missing in Piedmont, if 100-150 mm fell we would still be able to reverse a heavy trend.

In summary, some showers are expected today in the Alps, some rain tomorrow in the North-West and close to the Apennine ridge, heavy rains on Sunday in Piedmont and scattered across almost all of the Centre-North.

    In detail: Friday 28. In the north: more cloudy skies.

In the centre: few clouds and a mild, summery climate in Sardinia.

In the south: hot in Sicily, sunny and mild elsewhere.

    Saturday 29. In the North: it gets worse by evening in the North West.

In the centre: showers on inland Tuscany and close to the Apennines, rains gradually more widespread on the Adriatic.

In the south: partly cloudy skies, warm in Sicily.

    Sunday 30. In the north: bad weather especially in the north-west.

In the middle: it gets worse with scattered rains in leopard spots.

In the south: sunny with increasing clouds.

    Trend: unstable phase in almost all of Italy at least until the middle of the new week.