Italy frozen with many extreme events, but it won't last long

Puglia - Caste del Monte snow-capped

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January 17, 2021 The cold wave that has hit Italy, especially in the central-southern regions, will not last long, a small rise in temperatures is expected in the middle of next week.

This was stated by Marina Baldi, climatologist of the Ibimet (Institute of Biometeorology) of the CNR, interviewed by RaiNews24.

At the origin of this wave there are two elements: the arrival of a mass of Arctic origin and the perturbations coming from the Atlantic and already present.

This wave is involving Western Europe, affecting the Mediterranean Sea, and since Italy is at the center of the Mediterranean area, it is fully taken.

On what this 2021 will be like from a climate point of view, it is still too early to say - Baldi specified -, after all, "we have seen similar events in the past, but they did not affect the average for the entire year".

Maybe this episode will repeat itself again, it is only mid-winter, but "I don't expect a particularly cold year on average". 

"Italy is freezing in a month of January that has up to now counted 23 extreme climatological events including hail, tornadoes, anomalous snowfalls, avalanches and lightning storms that have struck along the entire peninsula causing damage in the cities and in the countryside but also victims ".

This is what emerges from the Coldiretti analysis on data from the European Severe Weather Database (ESWD) on the occasion of the Siberian cold wave that hit Italy.

"The multiplication of extreme events with a higher frequency of violent events, seasonal delays, short and intense rainfall and the rapid transition from the sun to bad weather that has lost over 14 billion euros is also confirmed in the new year. in a decade, between falls in national agricultural production and damage to structures and infrastructures in the countryside with flooding, landslides and landslides ". 

Snowflakes fell this morning in

, particularly in the La Storta area.

However, the snow did not take root in the ground.

Currently, rain mixed with sleet is falling. 

Falling temperatures starting tonight on

During the night and early morning hours of tomorrow the temperature will drop below zero over most of the territory with possible local ice formation even on the lowland areas. 

"Yellow" weather alert for snowfall today in

From 2 pm and for the following 30 hours snowfalls are expected above 400-600 meters, down to 200-400 meters, with local trespassing at lower altitudes. 

It snows throughout the

with temperatures as low as -10 in Capracotta.

The wave of bad weather is not causing inconvenience to the transit of vehicles.

In Capracotta many have gone skiing on the cross-country tracks in Prato Gentile where the snow has exceeded one meter in height.

The Traffic Police recommends maximum caution especially in the next few hours due to the possible formation of ice on the roadway. 

The incessant rain that has not given respite in recent days throughout the Vibonese has ended up causing damage.

And to pay for it was the characteristic

which in various points was affected by landslides that are mentioned on the roadway.

The entire waterfront is closed to car transit because it is invaded in various places by debris and mud, but also by small boulders.

At the moment, only residents can pass who, with caution, are authorized to reach their respective destinations.