What is «medicane» and why does it concern bad weather

It is a mini cyclone that has a diameter of 100 kilometers and which gives rise to intense phenomena.Here's how it might form

The bad weather in these hours it is affecting first the north-west, with the Triveneto, Liguria and Romagna.In the next few days it will then move to Lazio and Campania.Today the Corriere della Sera talks about a new term to be associated with the heavy rains and winds of these hours.«With extreme phenomena, in some cases, such as intense hailstorms and the presence of downburst – Antonio Sanò, director of the iLMeteo.it website, explains to the newspaper -, which could take on tropical-like characteristics.Namely:the formation of a “medicinal”, which consists of strong downward gusts of wind with horizontal motion exiting the advancing front of the storm.We are talking about a cyclone that has a diameter of 100 kilometers, whereas it is normally 500.This brings more intense phenomena, of shorter duration, but with violent winds."A sort of «hurricane» small Mediterranean, which began its journey yesterday hitting Sardinia and then went up Corsica and arrived in Liguria in the evening and night.From the early hours of this morning it will touch Piedmont and Lombardy.

Could Poppea become a «medicane»?

Around the eye of the storm Poppea Very strong winds will blow with gusts exceeding 120 km/h.An increase in the wave motion of the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea is therefore to be expected, they explain from Ilmeteo.it.During the evening and night of Monday the cyclone will move over Tuscany, Lazio, Umbria and in the North-East it will begin to rain more and more extensively.The phenomena generated by Poppea, they explain, will in some cases be extreme, such as intense hailstorms and downburst.