Parts of Italy could see highs of 48°C in the coming days stoking fears of an increase in heat-related deaths. Croatia, France, Greece, Spain and Turkey could also face temperatures of around 40°C.

For my fellow Americans: That's 118.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Fun fact: That's also the temperature of Satan's taint.

Just a Sunday afternoon in Phoenix. Hope it's at least a dry heat there or they'll sail over wet bulb max easily, though I'm fairly sure southern Italy does get that hot in July.
- The difference is, most people in Phoenix have air conditioners. The danger, aside from the heat itself, is that there is little refuge other than going to a place that does have AC, which isn't an option for everyone.
- Since it's southern Italy, I think it's a given that the humidity will be high. This is going to pass right over "miserable" and on into "dangerous."

I’m sure all this is fine.

NEw noRmAL!¡!
The temperature getting that high in July in southern Italy is apparently fairly common, but no things are not fine. This just isn't necessarily an example. The 3"+ per hour rain New England is getting this weekend is probably a better example of "not fine" as that's highly unusual.
- Where did you read that? The higest temperature recorded in Italy was 48.8°C in Sicily in 2021. Southern Italy is hot, yes, but whats is considered "farly common" is 40-42°C in August, not July, and not 48°C
- Has a mini hurricane in my old town in Southern Germany yesterday. Blew the roof off a supermarket. (Was a Netto so only 52€ of damage to stock was done)
- I think they were being sarcastic...
- New England never gets heavy rain?
- In the last year did I learn about 312852952 different kinds of clouds which are all apparently nOrMaL.

Ahh yes. Very normal temperatures. Super slow onset indicative of periodic warming of the planet over thousands of years. Definitely not man made. Nothing to be concerned about.

Deniers will still keep arguing that thats normal nice hot summer days they can enjoy. People are dilusional

Quickly, let's elect more fashists that tell us that the climate catastrophy is a lie!

As an Italian, that was indeed a good one! 😅😅😅 Sad but true, maybe people think to solve the problem like that here.
- This could well be a plot by Northern Italy to get rid of the South.

It was 38°c the last time I went to Pisa (five years ago now, fuck) and that was utterly miserable at times. Can't even begin to imagine 10°c on top of that.

Pisa is notoriously shit during the summer, it's in the middle of a valley and a big slow river runs through it. The humidity in Pisa is insane, and mosquitoes are active 24/7.
My sister lives there and I refuse to visit from June to September.
- Ha, it wasn't that bad when I went but it was during May! A day in luca (I think?) was the hottest day, and Florence was just eurgh.
  Being a Brit, I naturally moan about the weather a lot. It's a different kind of moan nowadays, as it now seems to be humid and uncomfortable more often than not.
Good news! You won't have to imagine!
- I'm reading this in professor Farnsworth's voice. I'm not sure if that makes things better or worse

The elderly and otherwise vulnerable should be spending a lot of time in the bathtub with lukewarm or even cool water. It's unfortunate, but this deadly heat wave is looking to be the new normal.

Oh crap. Does anyone know what the humidity range is going to be to convert it into wet bulb temp?

Someone above mentioned this:
48 degrees Celsius (predicted temp) and 53% humidity (the humidity in Southern Italy today) is a wet bulb temperature of 38.52 degrees Celsius. In the danger zone.
- That’s bad. 38 is at the upper limit of survivability in general. Might not be survivable for more than a few hours for elderly/sick/children.
  To clarify for anyone reading, human bodies lose the ability cool themselves via evaporation/sweating at around 36 wet bulb degrees C, and body temperature starts to rise to match its surroundings. So it’s like having a constant high fever. 40 WB is survivable for like a couple of hours.

This is the temperature in a shadow, right?

Yes

I don't see any mention of wetbulb temp so that's kinda good news?

Stay cool my European brothers!

Isn't the wet bulb temperature measured in real time for it to have a semblance of accuracy?
We'll probably hear of ot on the days of highest hear. If they reach it.

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Heatwaves like these always happen in south European countries during July, nothing new>
Ah right. Guess that hottest temp ever recorded last week was nothing to be concerned about.
Just a climate troll doing your thing based on your comment history.
Max temperatures in Sicily (the hottest region in Italy) reaches 42°C (not 48) in August (not July), so it is quite a difference. It will really be miserable and outright dangerous for a lot of people, not only scary.