Spring for two more days, then rain and snow

Enjoy this early spring until Thursday. The sun and heat will remain until this day. From Friday rain and snow return. Snowfall above 1,200 meters could arrive and rains are possible in the western regions. Temperatures are falling everywhere, even by 8-10 degrees in the Adriatic regions.

So the early spring ends, a phenomenon that has also been seen in recent years. According to data from the Geophysical Observatory of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, it had never happened that, for three years in a row, there were February maximum temperatures over 18 degrees. The past month was the fourth warmest February since 1830.

From Friday and for the weekend, temperatures will drop to even below the seasonal average. The decline will start from Friday in the maximum values, temperatures will drop more in the minimum values ​​of the night in the North and on the medium-high Adriatic. The sharp drop is on the weekend. In the North and on the Adriatic, the maximum values ​​have been 4-5 degrees below the average since Saturday. The values ​​are normal for the rest of Italy with peaks of 18 degrees in Sicily.

The rains between Friday and Saturday arrive from the North East and then on Liguria and Tuscany, Sardinia and Lazio. Clouds over the rest of Italy. There is rainfall on Saturday on the Alps, Northwest, central Adriatic regions, inland areas of Lazio and by evening also in Sardinia. Cloudy over the rest of Italy.

From a meteorological point of view, the spring it began with the first day of March. From an astronomical point of view, however, the date is set this year for March 20.