Overview
- Civil Protection issued a yellow alert for Lazio, Sardinia, Campania, Basilicata, Puglia, Calabria and Sicily.
- The Air Force flagged "intense phenomena" focused on Sicily, the Ionian side of Calabria and Puglia.
- A second, stronger disturbance arriving from the west peaks between Saturday night and Sunday with heavy rain and thunderstorms, including local cloudbursts over the major islands and parts of the South.
- Forecasts indicate pockets could exceed 100 mm of rain, raising concern for flash floods, rough seas and wind gusts on affected coasts.
- Northern regions stay mostly dry and sunny with very cold nights near 0°C in some plains, while a brief African anticyclone early next week may lift highs to about 24–25°C in parts of Sardinia and Sicily before possible renewed instability later in November.