After the snow of Valentine’s Day, the heat arrives, with February April, the month of February that disguises itself from April with an anticipation of spring from North to South. A real turnaround is expected with temperature differences typical of the continental areas of central-eastern Europe. In the Po valley between Thursday and Friday, maximums will return to 15 ° C, with peaks in the north-west of 20-22 ° C; in the center-south peaks of 20 ° C, also between Tuscany and Lazio and up to the capital. It is likely that due to global warming, the temperature in Milan or Turin was unable to drop to 0 ° C during the heaviest rainfall: we had snow mixed with rain, sleet, very weak damp flakes but the rooting was almost nil . Without global warming (in Italy we are around + 1.5 ° C compared to the pre-industrial era, official ISPRA data) we would have had 10/15 cm of snow in the city. In short, in 1880 Garibaldi visiting Milan would have found streets covered by a soft white mantle, with the same perturbation. temperatures that will bring an anomaly of 10 ° C to 850 hPa, at about 1500 meters: this anomaly will quickly melt some snow on the mountains, but the ski slopes will be perfect for weeks after the 50 cm of fresh snow fallen in the last 2 days. The melted snow will still be manna from heaven for the northern water tables, severely thirsty after the drought of the winter of 2021-2022. only in the next few hours in the extreme South with heavy showers: for the rest, high pressure will return, dominant, protagonist over most of Western Europe and February will begin, a long period with temperatures more typical of April than of the month current. Today, Wednesday 16 February – In the north: sunny except for low clouds in the Po valley and local fogs, freezing in the morning. Center: mostly sunny day, colder in the morning. In the south: residual bad weather on Puglia, Calabria and Sicily with heavy showers until the early afternoon. Thursday 17 February – In the north: good weather except for local fog or low clouds over Liguria and Triveneto. Center: sunny and warmer day, many clouds in Sardinia. In the south: clear or partly cloudy. Friday 18 February – In the north: many clouds on the plains, sun on the mountains. Center: sunny and warm for the period. In the south: spring with prevailing sun Trend: From Saturday evening fast showers in the Northeast, stable elsewhere, but with lots of clouds, also on Sunday especially in the South.