chance of snow below 500 meters
Not only rain, but also cold so much that snowfalls around 500 meters are not excluded. The weather forecasts in Rome and Lazio for the next few days tell of how the territory continues to “suffer from a marked atmospheric instability which over the weekend, especially on Saturday, will become accentuated due to a mass of cold matrix air. arctic “, as explained by Carlo Migliore, di 3b Weather.
According to the meteorological expert: “Friday will already be characterized by abundant rains at times even heavy in most of the region, in particular in the provinces of Rome, Rieti, Frosinone and Latina where local storms are not excluded. On Saturday then the higher thermal contrasts due to the incoming cold air will also form temporal cells which will be associated with probable hailstorms and snow.
“As far as the climate is concerned, it will be especially on Saturday that the temperatures will decrease significantly, bringing them below the averages of the period with differences in the order of 8-10 ° C less. The evolution will then be accompanied by a significant strengthening of the libeccio winds that are already strong on Friday, on Saturday may reach gusts of up to 100 km / h. Swells of a certain importance on the exposed coasts will therefore also be possible “, he adds.
In Rome, according to the forthcoming forecasts by Carlo Migliore, “unstable and rainy weather is expected for the days of the city of Rome over the next few days due to a low pressure vortex that will persist in Italy throughout the weekend. Rains Saturday the instability will be further accentuated due to the arrival of colder air, in addition to rain showers, thunderstorms will be possible and also hailstorms with snow on the hills even below 500m “.
Sunday better situation with wide opening and low risk of rain: “Temperatures are expected sharply not on Saturday especially when the maximums will rise above 10 ° C with minimums around 5 ° C. Beware also of strong winds blowing from the south-western quadrants on the coastal area with gusts up to 80 / 90km / h The sea will be very mossy up to rough with the possibility of local storms “, concludes Migliore.