Renamed Lucifer by the team of the IlMeteo.it site, the African subtropical anticyclone, which began its journey to Italy in recent days, promises a wave of heat never seen this summer. What has just begun will, in fact, according to the forecasts made so far by experts, the hottest week of the 2021 season, with temperatures that can reach 47-48 degrees in the South. However, there will not be only temperatures at times exceptional to make this African blaze perhaps the most intense of the season, but the tenacity with which the anticilone will envelop our country for several days will also take care of it since, at least until August 15th, there are no great signs of change.
“Let’s get ready for what could be the hottest week of the summer as the African anticyclone, named by us as Lucifer, will give its best, bringing not only a lot of atmospheric stability, but also sometimes exceptional heat in many corners of the country. “, they explain from ILMeteo.it adding that now” the African high pressure will find further energy to push its influence towards the North (in the past days it was targeted by rains and thunderstorms, ed) wrapping the whole of our country in a more homogeneous way “.
Forecasts: eight red-dot cities
Meanwhile, eight Italian cities, according to the bulletin of the Ministry of Health on heat waves, will be in the red bulletin. The maximum level 3 alert will concern four cities tomorrow, namely Bari, Campobasso, Rieti and Rome, and eight on Wednesday 11 August. These are Bari, Campobasso, Frosinone, Latina, Palermo, Perugia, Rieti and Rome.
“After a Monday with some rare thunderstorms on the extreme northeastern Alpine regions, from Tuesday 10 the high pressure will extend to all of Italy. In addition to the great heat that will continue to hit especially the southern regions and the two major islands, Lucifer he will also offer us something new in the coming days “explain from ILMeteo.it cisto that” except for unlikely surprises until the weekend of August 15th, the whole country will still be enveloped in a very warm atmosphere with very high temperatures. The high peaks of temperature and above all the duration of the event, will lead us to consider this new week as the hottest, at least so far, of this summer 2021 “.
Coldiretti alarm: too hot for fruit and vegetables
In many areas of Italy the scorching heat and lack of rainfall are burning fruit and vegetables in the fields with the loss of a whole year of work. The alarm is raised by Coldiretti, which focuses on the effects of high temperatures on melons, watermelons, peppers and tomatoes burned by the sun’s rays that are also burning citrus fruits, early clementines and bergamot. Coldiretti explains that the heat wave is destroying crops in the countryside, “also causing a significant fall of the olives from the trees, as well as stress for the animals in the stables with the collapse of milk production”. A situation points out the association “which raises well beyond the billion the account of the damages caused in 2021 to Italian agriculture by extreme events” so much so that this year, due to climate change, national productions “have suffered cuts that they range from 5 to 10% for harvest forecasts, to 10% for wheat while national fruit is practically halved with drops of 30% for cherries, 40% for peaches and nectarines up to 50% for apricots, compared to a normal vintage “.
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