Overview
- Cooler Atlantic currents are expected to lower temperatures Monday–Tuesday, easing off the record heat that gripped much of northern and central Italy.
- Monday and Tuesday afternoons will see isolated thunderstorms over the Alps, Prealps and Apennines, with occasional showers in Campania, Puglia, Calabria and interior areas of Sicily and Sardinia.
- Between Wednesday and Thursday, a deeper Atlantic perturbation is forecast to deliver intense rain, hail and flash-flood risks across Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, Piedmont and Lombardy.
- Despite relief in the North and Center, southern regions and the major islands will remain comparatively hot, with some coastal areas expecting highs above 35 °C.
- Italian meteorological services say the shift follows the breakdown of a subtropical anticyclone that had blocked cooler Atlantic air and driven the recent prolonged heatwave.