Plunging temperatures, thunderstorms and hail: this is the first weekend of July

In these days, exceptional hailstorms are hitting France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands. Soon it could also touch Italy, warns the team of the site www.iLMeteo.it. “The anticyclone is about to pack up, at least in the North and in its place a storm will arrive” explain the experts warning “that after a Thursday and a Friday with some storms on Triveneto and Emilia Romagna, from Saturday the entry of cooler currents at high altitude of Atlantic origin will favor the genesis and then the development of massive storm cells that will gradually descend from the Alps towards the flat areas in the late evening. North. The phenomena could be locally violent and accompanied, in addition to sudden gusts of wind, also by hailstorms and also could cause sudden flooding. This thunderstorm phase will continue, more subdued, even with the beginning of next week. The central and southern regions they will be protected from the anticyclone and apart from an increase in cloud cover they should not be affected by bad weather. Finally, from a thermal point of view, temperatures will also drop by 8-10 ° C in the presence of bad weather. Values ​​are also decreasing in the Center-South where the African heat wave will slow down, at least temporarily. “IN DETAIL Thursday, July 1. In the North: unstable with thunderstorms in the Triveneto and Emilia Romagna. In the center: mostly sunny. south: sunny. Friday 2. In the north: a bit unstable in the Triveneto Alps and in the Apennines. In the center: isolated rains on the Marche hills. In the south: sunny. Saturday 3. In the north: many clouds, worsening in the Alps with thunderstorms, in the evening / night on the Triveneto In the center: very cloudy sky In the south: sunny.Sunday heavily thunderstorm.