Fresh weather alert, heavy rains in Centre-North

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 23 - A fresh bad-weather alert has been issued for Sicily, Sardinia, Tuscany, Lazio and Emilia Romagna, forecasters said Wednesday.
    More bad weather is forecast in the centre-north from Wednesday through Friday and the situation will worsen over the weekend with strong cloudbursts hitting Liguria and Piedmont.
    In the South, however, sunny conditions will prevail with temperatures rising above 26-27°C, said Lorenzo Tedici, meteorologist for the website www.iLMeteo.it.
    "During the next few hours the bad weather will definitively abandon Sicily and Calabria, moving north. Heavy rain is forecast in Sardinia, especially in the south and east, and towards the Tyrrhenian regions of the Center and in Emilia Romagna", said Tedici.
    The areas most affected by the showers will be the coastal ones between Upper Lazio, Tuscany and the Emilian Apennines.
    On Thursday "the turbulence will still rage on Tuscany and the Northeast," he said.
    Friday 25th, on the other hand, "will be characterized by an anomalous heat with maximums that will locally exceed 26°C.
    "The above average temperatures will be accompanied, however, by a further worsening of conditions in some areas.
    "Intense showers are expected in Western Liguria, Piedmont and then Lombardy, Eastern Liguria and once again in Tuscany, especially in Versilia and the Apuan Alps.
    "Over the weekend there is a weather alert for persistent phenomena, even potentially flooding, in the North-West regions, especially Liguria.
    Detailed forecast: - Wednesday 23rd. In the North: scattered rain. In the Center: showers on the Tyrrhenian coasts. In the South: mostly dry.
    - Thursday 24th. In the North: scattered rain. In the Center: widespread rain in Tuscany, Umbria and mid-upper Lazio. In the South: sunny.
    - Friday 25th. In the North: rain in the North-West. In the Center: bad weather in Tuscany, scattered rain in Umbria, Lazio and Marche.
    In the South: sunny.
    - Outlook: bad weather on Saturday in the Northwest, sunnier Sunday. (ANSA).