Turin Weather Today, Wednesday 18 March: Clouds and Rain, Then Improving. Here's What the Papers Say

Hey guys, have you seen what the weather's like in Turin today? If you left home this morning without an umbrella, you took a bit of a gamble with fate. And, spoiler alert: today, fate won. The Turin weather today has been telling us for hours: it's a classic "keep-your-umbrella-handy" kind of day, the one that makes you mutter under your breath while dashing for the nearest arcade.

A Wednesday for... keeping your umbrella close

I'm flipping through the Italian Newspapers this morning, and the first thing that jumps out (after the usual political debates, of course) is the snapshot of our city. Everyone's talking about this downturn. The break didn't last long. Yesterday, the sun fooled us, it felt almost like deep spring, and instead, today we wake up to a sky that couldn't be greyer. It's that typical Turin sky that makes you feel a bit melancholic, but let's face it, it's also kind of our trademark.

Rain on the way: when will it get wet?

Based on what I've gathered around town and the data from the weather stations, the day will split into two parts. Until mid-afternoon, say until 3-4 PM, the sky will just look gloomy: scattered clouds that will thicken more and more, with the (unfulfilled) promise of holding up. Then, in the early afternoon, it's showtime. The Turin weather today predicts the arrival of rain, light at first and then gradually more persistent towards the evening. It won't be a deluge, mind you, but that annoying, damp kind of rain that seeps into your coat collar and chills you to the bone.

• Morning: Cloudy skies with only brief clear spells. Temperature around 10-12 degrees.
• Afternoon: Rain arrives, increasing in intensity. Temperatures dropping, not exceeding 11 degrees.
• Evening/Night: More precipitation, easing off towards late night. A final blast of winter.

What to expect (and how to dress)

In short, the keyword for today is just one: caution. If you have to go out, especially in the late afternoon when the city gets clogged and the asphalt turns into a mirror, factor in the usual rainy chaos. Traffic jams on Corso Francia and Corso Giulio Cesare, naturally. Today's Italian Newspapers highlight just this: humidity through the roof and that annoying increase in the feeling of cold that always catches you out. The maximum temperature will settle around 12 degrees, but with 70% humidity, it will feel like 8.

The good thing, if we want to find a silver lining, is that this disturbance should be short-lived. The experts, the ones who usually get it right, say that by tomorrow the weather will start to improve, with the sun returning over the weekend. But for today, no jokes. Heavy umbrella, padded jacket, and that classic brisk pace of a Turinese trying to survive another rainy day. Welcome to March, folks.