Weather: NìKola is coming, the frost from Russia will hit Italy this time, date confirmed! The consequences…
From Russia comes NìKola, a powerful nucleus of icy airShe just got there confirmation than feared in the past few hours by the main Calculation Centers: a February will arrive NìKola, a front of whether that gives Russia it will go as far as the heart of the Old Continent and which it will probably have direct consequences also for Italy.
Now there is a precise date, to be marked with the red circle on the calendar.
To understand what could happen we must, as usual, broaden our gaze to the entire European chessboard, that is where the great atmospheric figures move. Well, towards the end of the first decade of next month, a particular synoptic configuration could come to life capable of significantly destabilizing the climate picture.
In fact, according to the latest projections, the Azores anticyclone could reach very high latitudes, even touching Scandinavia.
This anomalous movement of the anticyclonic bubble will likely set in motion a mass of frozen air, NìKola, that gives Russia it will slide like “a river of air” towards the Mediterranean basin, as shown in the map below: inevitably, the general atmospheric picture will thus turn towards a colder, indeed, icy context.
Nucleus of icy air, NìKola, from Russia to the Mediterranean basinThe date to be marked in red on the calendar is the Tuesday 7 February: from then on the cold north-eastern winds will gradually become more pressing and will affect a large part of our country, causing a sharp drop in temperatures. Analyzing the incoming freezing flow, we are talking about -10°C at the isobaric altitude of 850 hPa (about 1500 meters above sea level), it would be themost intense cold wave in recent years.
If this were to be confirmed, it is reasonable to expect a decidedly cold climate with the possibility of snowfall up to very low altitude: obviously, for details it is necessary to wait a few more days, given the long distance in time, above all to better understand where the low depressions caused by the entry of cold air could possibly be positioned and therefore the areas most at risk of precipitation.
