Brontoskopos

Βροντοσκόπος — daily blurbs and weekly outlooks for Bologna, Italy

Monday, 10 August 2026

Monday, 10 August 2026

Today
Mon 10 Aug
Sunny
36° 25°
  • feels like 39°
  • rain 6%
  • dew point 19° · humid
  • PM2.5 13 µg/m³
  • light 06:11–20:28
2/10 · Miserable
Tomorrow
Tue 11 Aug
Sunny
38° 26°
  • feels like 40°
  • rain 45%, up to 2 mm
  • dew point 19° · humid
  • PM2.5 12 µg/m³
  • light 06:12–20:26
2/10 · Miserable

2/10 — Miserable. Brutally hot with no real relief, and the air itself feels heavy from morning to night.

Highs should reach the mid-to-upper 30s, with the feels-like temperature pushing close to 39°C during the afternoon — this is oppressive heat, not just a warm day, and the muggy dew point makes it worse rather than better. An isolated storm or two can’t be ruled out off the high ground later on, but don’t count on it bringing any real cooling.

Today, hour by hour

25° 30° 35° 25° 27° 32° 36° 36° 34° chance of rain 06:00 09:00 12:00 15:00 18:00 21:00

And tomorrow… Tomorrow scores the same 2/10 — Miserable, with highs edging even higher and a feels-like value pushing toward 40°C, plus a real jump in shower/storm chances compared with today — this run of oppressive heat looks set to continue, so keep plans light and indoors where possible.

Tl;dr: It’s another brutally hot, humid day capped at miserable by the heat alone — stay in the shade, hydrate hard, and don’t expect the evening to cool things off much.

Today’s BaZi

The day runs on the 丙辰 pillar — fire on top, earth underneath — a combination that tends to bring pressure to a boil.

C: Outlook: turbulent, with clearing later if you don’t fight it. A disruptive front rolls in as the old year’s business collides with today, scattering plans and forcing quick, decisive moves rather than careful ones. Underneath that, a helpful tailwind is building that nudges things toward a more workable direction by the day’s later hours, though a patch of quiet, low-level friction lingers nearby — small frustrations rather than open conflict. It’s a void day besides, so this is better spent tying down loose ends than launching anything new.

D: Outlook: mostly settled, with a supportive breeze most of the day. A gentle tailwind and a genuine clearing — people lining up to help, alliances forming easily — make this a day to lean on others rather than push alone, though the mixed undertone means it’s not one for forcing big outcomes. It’s also a void day, so best used for rest, learning, and low-stakes admin: catching up on reading, tidying loose threads, or a quiet meeting rather than any high-pressure launch.


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 2026-08-10 02:02 EDT. This is a hobby forecast, not a substitute for official ARPAE / Protezione Civile warnings.