This is CBS, I and the world. I'm John Bachelor to Italy. To Siena. With Lorenzo Fiore of the Anseldo Foundation,

checking on the climate of Italy,

because it's springtime, here in New England,

the sun comes in and out of the clouds.

It rains.

The daffodils are ready to turn yellow. Italy, however, is usually ahead of New England.

We'll check on this year because the weather's been as usual, unpredictable, but in this instance it's been harsh sometimes.

Too much rain or no rain, not enough snow.

Lorenzo, a very good evening to you, all Italy is divided into three parts,

the north, the center, and the south.

What is the Seroko?

What does that mean?

Good evening to you.

Good evening to you.

Good evening to all the radio listeners from Siena,

a misty weather here in Siena, not usual, frankly speaking.

Why?

Because there is such as Seroko.

Seroko is one of the four main wings that blow across the Italian peninsula.

And Seroko is the wind that brings the humid hair from Africa, so it's not a very pleasant wind in my opinion, particularly

for those that lives in the sound. What happens when Serocco blow? It means that in the north of Italy we normally have a lot of rain and snow on the Alps as it is happening over the last two days and we'll continue also in the next two days across the

Easter weekend. In the center we have strong wind because of Serocco in the inland and this let's say misty weather I mean a sort of fog I mean not

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