Heat eases its grip over the weekend, with three cities still under red alert today.

Campobasso, Palermo, and Pescara are all under red today, while nine other provincial capitals are under orange. Only Catania will be under red on Saturday.

The heat seems to loosen its grip a bit over the weekend , which appears to be cooler, at least as far as tomorrow, Saturday, July 26, is concerned. Although one provincial capital will still be under the red flag.

Hot weather today

Meanwhile, today, Friday, July 25, three cities will still be under a red warning (Campobasso, Palermo, and Pescara), nine cities are under a level 2 risk with health risks for the most vulnerable (orange warning) (Bari, Cagliari, Catania, Frosinone, Messina, Perugia, Rieti, Reggio Calabria, and Rome), four are under a yellow warning (Ancona, Latina, Naples, and Viterbo), and 11 of the 27 monitored capitals are under a green warning (zero risk for heat waves): Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, Civitavecchia, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Turin, Trieste, Venice, and Verona.

Hot weather forecast for Saturday

For the first day of the weekend, the Ministry of Health's heat bulletin calls for a green alert (zero risk for heat waves) for 19 of the 27 monitored provincial capitals: Ancona, Bologna, Bolzano, Brescia, Campobasso, Civitavecchia, Florence, Frosinone, Genoa, Latina, Milan, Naples, Rieti, Rome, Turin, Trieste, Venice, Verona, and Viterbo. A red alert (risk level 3, with potential health risks) is in effect only for Catania, and a yellow alert (pre-alert level, risk level 1) is in effect for the remaining seven cities: Bari, Cagliari, Messina, Palermo, Perugia, Pescara, and Reggio Calabria.