ENGLISH/INGLIŻ

You may have come across local and foreign reports about a Mediterranean Tropical-Like Cyclone (MTLC) that will form over the Libyan Sea and Ionian Sea. This will NOT be passing over the Maltese Islands and will be affecting our islands minimally. The next few days will be very breezy. The East Northeast to North Northeast wind will continue reaching Force 5/6 (with gusts of up to Force 7) till the evening on Wednesday 16/09. A period of light winds will be experienced on Wednesday/Thursday night. The wind will then turn Northwest to West Northwest and increase to reach Force 5/6 (with gusts of up to Force 7) from the morning on Thursday 17/09 till the evening on Friday 18/09. The sea will be rough at times along exposed stretches of the coastline. Meanwhile, as the MTLC brushes past us, a few isolated showers may occur. In fact, the chance of isolated showers has now been extended till Thursday/Friday night. Other than that, no serious weather phenomena are anticipated.

 

MALTI / MALTESE

Jista jkun li qrajtu rapporti minn midja lokali u barranija rigward ‘Mediterranean Tropical-Like Cyclone’ (MTLC) li se jifforma fuq il-Baħar Libjan u dak Jonju. Dan MHUX se jgħaddi minn fuqna u se  jaffetwa l-gżejjer tagħna b’mod ħafif. Il-jiem li ġejjin se jkunu daqsxejn mirjieħa. Ir-riħ mill-Grieg il-Lvant għal Grieg it-Tramuntana se jkompli jitla sa Forza 5/6 (b’buffuri ta’ Forza 7) sa filgħaxija ta’ l-Erbgħa 16/09. Perjodu ta’ riħ ħafif se jsegwi dan matul il-lejl ta’ bejn l-Erbgħa u l-Ħamis. Ir-riħ imbagħad idur Majjistral għal Punent Majjistru u jerġa jżid għal Forza 5/6 (b’buffuri ta’ Forza 7) minn filgħodu tal-Ħamis 17/09 sa filgħaxija tal-Ġimgħa 18/09. Il-baħar se jkun daqsxejn imqalleb tul il-kosta esposta. Sadattant, hekk kif il-MTLC tgħaddi bi żbrixx minn magħna, jaf ikollna xi ftit xita iżolata wkoll. Filfatt, iċ-ċans ta’ ħalbiet iżolati tax-xita ġie estiż sa bilejl ta’ bejn il-Ħamis u l-Ġimgħa. Apparti dan, l-ebda maltemp qawwi ieħor ma hu mistenni.