Rome, 9 August 2021 – Sos afa: the next one week will be the hottest of the summer with temperatures that can reach 47-48 ° C in the South. To say this are the experts of the ILMeteo.it site, which they have already renamed Lucifer l’African subtropical anticyclone responsible for the wave of super heat that is hitting theItaly. However, there will not be only the temperatures at times exceptional to make this African blaze perhaps the most intense of the season, the duration will also take care of it since at least until August 15th there are no signs of change.
As mentioned, the incoming air mass promises to be nothing short of hot with the mercury column that will also touch 28/30 ° C at 1,500 meters high (the altitude that is usually used by experts to evaluate the mass of air). In practice this could translate into maximum temperatures of up to 47-48 ° C in the South and on the two major islands between Tuesday 10 and Thursday 12 August. But thermometers will definitely go up to too Center-North where, however, such high values will not be reached (up to 38 ° C in Rome, Florence, Bologna) but the phenomenon of heat will take care of making everything even more unbearable.
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Red stamp for eight cities
And there are eight cities marked with the red dot indicating the maximum level of risk for the entire population in the Ministry of Health‘s heat wave bulletin: Bari, Campobasso, Latina and Rome tomorrow, and Wednesday too Frosinone, Palermo, Perugia and Rieti. Another 8 cities tomorrow are indicated with the orange stamp (therefore for the most fragile groups): Bologna, Brescia, Catania and Frosinone, Latina, Palermo, Perugia and Trieste, which become 13 from Wednesday (Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, Cagliari, Catania, Florence, Messina, Milan, Naples, Reggio Calabria, Trieste, Verona and Viterbo).
Le temperature: Roma – Milano – Torino – Florence – Bologna – Ancona – Perugia – Bari – Naples – Palermo – Cagliari
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The tricks to make the house fresh
So what to do to get through the next few days if you are not lucky enough to be on vacation? Here are some useful tips, published on the website of the Ministry of Health, to try to make your home less hot.
– Screen windows and windows facing south-south west with adjustable external blinds and / or shades (shutters, venetian blinds) to keep out the sun.
– Close the windows during the hottest hours of the day to avoid heating the rooms.
– Leave the windows open during the night and early in the morning, so as to allow the necessary air exchange.
– Limit the use of the oven and other appliances that produce heat (stove, iron, hairdryer, etc.) that tend to heat the house.
– Use an air conditioner to cool the room by adjusting the thermostat so that the room temperature is equal to 24-26 C. In areas characterized mainly by a high humidity rate, without particularly high temperature values, the use of the dehumidifier in alternative to the air conditioner. If using fans do not direct them directly to people, but regulate them in order to circulate the air throughout the environment. If the ambient temperature is higher than 32 C, the fans are more harmful than useful.
– Avoid suddenly switching from hot to cold and vice versa.
– Fare baths or showers with lukewarm water to lower body temperature, while avoiding sudden changes in temperature, which can cause hypothermia especially in children and the elderly.
– Make sure that sick and / or bedridden people are not too covered.
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