Europe braces for sweltering July
www.esa.int
Temperatures are sizzling across Europe this week amid an intense and prolonged period of heat. And it’s only just begun. Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Poland are all facing a major heatwave with air temperatures expected to climb to 48°C on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia – potentially the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Europe.

An anticyclone – a high-pressure area – named Cerberus (named after the monster from Dante’s Inferno) coming from the south will cause temperatures to rise above 40°C across much of Italy. This comes after a spring and early summer full of storms and floods.

The highest temperature in European history was broken on 11 August 2021, when a temperature of 48.8°C was recorded in Floridia, an Italian town in the Sicilian province of Syracuse. That record may be broken again in the coming days.

  • @PM_me_your_doggoEnglish
    10•1 year ago

    I call bullshit! Everyone knows that Cerberus was named after that paramilitary group in Mass Effect!

    • DojanEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      I’m actually replaying Mass Effect right now so that feels oddly on point.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•1 year ago

      Nah, it’s named after the authentication protocol Kerberos. They’re just techies promoting network security.