Beatrice to sweep away the heat wave

The first seasonal storm in Florence is coming“Lucipherous”, the 7th subtropical cyclone of the season, is petering out.  A significant change in the weather is forecast for tomorrow night thanks to the landfall of “Beatrice”, the long awaited end-of-August storm. This year the city of Florence had the hottest summer in decades not because of the extremes temperature recorded, but mostly because the heat wave lasted more than two months without rain.

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“Charon” does not belie the promises

Hot FlorenceA hot day across Italy and much of eastern Europe. Brisk west winds will be blowing through the Straits of Gibraltar with a strong north wind through the Aegean Sea. Hot and dry as well across into Italy, Corsica and Sardinia follows on Monday. “Charon” does not belie the promises and is now at full power: is pushing very hot air to Italy and especially to the Central-South regions and Emilia Romagna. In Florence the maximum temperature is forecast to 39 °C.

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