Cold wave in coming under the Epiphany; here are the sectors most affected Leonardo.it

the Air is very cold source the ARCTIC-CONTINENTAL will arrive on our Country in Thursday, 5 and Saturday, January 7, affecting Italy with a cooling net temperature under the feast of the Epiphany. This movement will be able to reach the Mediterranean sea through a gap left open by the high pressure that, now for many weeks, establishing its stronghold on western and central Europe, giving a few variations on his original position.

In this location will result in the creation of a true corridor of cold air from the Russia, northern will point straight down towards eastern Europe and Balkan Peninsula, where the mercury will drop several degrees below zero.

The position immovable to the high pressure to expose the regions of the low-and middle Adriatic coast the arrival of cloudiness and precipitation, where these currents will be the focus the clouds and moisture on the eastern slopes of the Apennines.

in Order to an assessment of the intensity of the bad weather, and on its persistence, it will be important to determine which area will be closer to the hub of the circulation in the depression. At present the most affected regions could then be Puglia and Molise, closely followed from the Abruzzo and Marche.

Speaking of temperatures, the day the coldest of the lot will be that of Friday, January 6. On the regions central productions the isotherms provided to the portion of 850hpa (about 1500 meters) will include between -10 and -14°C. It will be cold on the rest of the Country with values including between -5°C and -10°C. Will be part of the exception the extreme regions of the north-western , where at least in the portion we will find the values somewhat less rigid.

A mitigation of the cold by Sunday, January 8.