THE‘Summer 2025 continues to play on the extreme. After days of oppressive heatunder the grip of a subtropical anticyclone that has transformed large areas of the peninsula into real ovens, Northern Italy is now preparing for a sudden turnaround. Over the weekend, the weather forecast provides for the arrival, in fact, of an Atlantic disturbance that will break stability and, in its place, It will bring violent thunderstorms, hailstorms and a sharp drop in temperatures. Nothing too surprising, but if anything more and more frequent, in this climatic context marked by radical contrasts.
Weekend 5 and 6 July weather forecast: the heat gives way to the rain
The heat wave that has invested Italy is about to take a break: a freshest breath of air is coming from the Atlantic, which will mainly hit the North. The contrast between heat and fresh will lead to an explosive mix, with sudden and rather strong thunderstorms. Bad weather will focus mainly on the northern regions.
Sunday the peak of bad weather
The bad weather highlight is expected for Sundaywhen the cold front force northern Italy forcefully. In many areas there will be intense rains, with possible hailstorms, violent downpour and sudden gusts of wind. The most affected areas will be Some parts of Piedmont, Lombardy, the North-East, therefore also Veneto, Trentino and Friuli, Liguria di Levante, Emilia and Tuscany, but only some parts. However, the deluge will not be everywhere: in places such as Romagna, the lower Veneto and part of Emilia and Lombardy, the weather will be more peaceful, with sun and rainwater alternating.
A disturbance is coming: intense showers, hail and a first drop in temperatures is expected. The South remains in the grip of the AFA (Getty)
Saturday, the advance of instability
Changehowever,, It will be heard already on Saturday. During the night, from Veneto to Piedmont, the first storms, fast but also rather intense, will arrive. In the early hours of the day they will tend to calm down, leaving a respite. But it will only be momentary. In the afternoon, in fact, the mountains will be the first to see new temporal formation, which will then go down to the Po Valley. There, between rain and lightning, We will also begin to hear a first real drop in temperatures, after days of apafa.
Center and south still hot, but not entirely immune
In the rest of the country, meanwhile, the heat will not give up the grip. In the south and on the major islands the air will remain hotwith still high temperatures and mostly serene skies. Only along the Apennines, from Tuscany to Calabria and Basilicata, in the afternoon, short thunderstorms could form, those classic sudden slides that arise from the too accumulated warmth. Some isolated reverse may also appear in the internal areas of Sicily and Sardiniabut they will be fast episodes, which will be exhausted by evening without great upheavals.
A summer marked by the contrasts
What awaits us on the weekend, not It is only the last example of an increasingly extreme and unpredictable summerwhich passes from sudden and violent thunderstorms suffocating days of heat, without middle ground. It is also the result of A climate that is becoming increasingly nervous And, unfortunately, it is not only a discomfort for those who plan a trip or an outdoor weekend, but the sign of something that is really changing.
The time, moreover, does not “go crazy” at random. Scientists have been saying this for some time: global warming is upsetting the most unstable climate. And what we will live between Saturday and Sunday is the photograph of this new “normality”. If we can call it that.
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