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Βροντοσκόπος — daily blurbs and weekly outlooks for Bologna, Italy

Saturday, 8 August 2026

Saturday, 8 August 2026

Today
Sat 8 Aug
Partly cloudy
36° 25°
  • feels like 37°
  • rain 97%, up to 6.4 mm
  • dew point 21° · oppressive
  • PM2.5 14 µg/m³
  • light 06:09–20:31
1/10 · Miserable
Tomorrow
Sun 9 Aug
Sunny
36° 24°
  • feels like 38°
  • rain 12%
  • dew point 21° · humid
  • PM2.5 12 µg/m³
  • light 06:10–20:29
2/10 · Miserable

1/10 — Miserable. Dangerous, oppressive heat is the whole story today, with organized storms a real possibility by afternoon.

Confidence is low today, and the models are properly split — the top end could land anywhere from 32°C to nearly 36°C, but feels-like readings pushing past 37°C mean this is a heat day regardless of exactly where the thermometer settles. Add the sticky, oppressive dew point and building afternoon convection off the high ground, and you get a more organized round of storms looking possible as clouds pile up through the afternoon. This isn’t a day for lingering outside — treat it as one to plan around, not push through.

Today, hour by hour

25° 30° 35° 25° 26° 31° 35° 34° 31° chance of rain 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00

And tomorrow… Rated 2/10, still Miserable — the heat steps up another notch, with highs likely in the mid-to-upper 30s (model spread runs 34–38°C) and a feels-like figure into the high 30s, though confidence is low enough that the exact peak is genuinely uncertain. Storm risk looks lower than today, but the heat itself is the dominant hazard again.

Tl;dr: This is an indoor, low-exertion day — brutal heat, oppressive humidity, and a real chance of organized storms by afternoon.

Today’s BaZi

The day carries the 甲寅 pillar, wood sitting on wood — a day with its own strong, steady lean, for better or worse depending who’s reading it.

C: Outlook: bright with opportunistic gusts. A cooperative tailwind is building through the day, pulling things together in your favour — this is a day where money and opportunity arrive sideways, through connections and lucky openings rather than steady graft. Lean into the social angle and say yes to the unplanned invitation; conditions favour the opportunist today.

D: Outlook: turbulent, then clearing. A disruptive front moves through around midday, unsettling plans and pushing things off their expected track — expect reshuffled schedules and a bit of chaos before things calm. By contrast, an alliance-building calm settles in alongside it, smoothing over friction with the right person at the right moment, and a further tailwind builds later in the day pulling things back into alignment. It’s a mixed one, so don’t force the big swings — stick to structured, visible work today: admin, meetings, anything where being seen doing things properly matters more than raw creative output.


Weather data by Open-Meteo.com. Air quality by Open-Meteo Air Quality API. Models: ECMWF IFS, ICON, GFS, MeteoFrance, Open-Meteo best-match blend. Generated 2026-08-08 02:02 EDT. This is a hobby forecast, not a substitute for official ARPAE / Protezione Civile warnings.