Bad weather in the South and Adriatic, last showers before improvement

Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Italy is affected by a wave of bad weather primarily impacting the Central-South and the Adriatic side. The sky is cloudy from the Northeast along the entire Adriatic belt, the South, and eastern Sardinia, while widespread clearings affect the rest of the country.

Precipitation is expected between the mid-lower Adriatic and the southern sectors, with more organized and intense showers over Puglia and more contained showers over Abruzzo, Molise, Basilicata, and the Ionian Calabria. Northern winds maintain gusts up to 50-60 km/h, with very rough seas on the Adriatic and Ionian. Light snowfalls affect the highest peaks of the central-southern Apennines, above 1500-1600 meters.

Improvement is expected starting tomorrow, Wednesday, November 4, with widespread clearings over most of the Peninsula. However, on Thursday, November 5, moderate rainfall will return over Sardinia and Sicily, accompanied by wind gusts up to 40-50 km/h.

Today's weather situation represents the final phase of an instability wave that has affected Central-Southern Italy in recent days. The origin of the bad weather is a low-pressure system moving towards the Ionian Sea and Greece, maintaining unstable conditions over southern and Adriatic Italy. This type of autumn disturbance is common for the period, often generated by the clash between colder air masses from northern Europe and the warmer, more humid air of the Mediterranean.

The bad weather brought widespread precipitation to Central-Southern Italy in the preceding days, and today marks the attenuation phase of the phenomenon. The low pressure over central-southern Italy still maintains very cloudy or overcast skies over many regions, but its gradual eastward movement will allow for improvement tomorrow. Temperatures, which today record maximums between 10°C in Potenza and 20°C in Rome, will gradually return towards the climatological averages for the period, with an increase of 2-3°C in minimum values and 1-2°C in maximums.

The improvement expected for Wednesday will be temporary, as a new disturbance is already forecast for the weekend. This alternating pattern between bad weather phases and temporary improvements is typical of the autumn season, when Atlantic disturbances alternate with anticyclonic ridges, causing rapid variations in weather conditions across the Peninsula.