The remnants of an eastbound intense low pressure system that produced last Sunday’s severe gale have fueled the development of a weak area of low pressure over southern Italy. This will be moving south towards Libya in the coming hours, passing over the central Mediterranean as it does so. The Maltese Islands will be affected by this. As a result, a few isolated rain and/or hail showers are to be expected across parts of the Maltese Islands overnight. These may be heavy at times. The risk of rain will be highest from 19:00 on Monday 25/02 till 10:00 on Tuesday 26/02. Total rainfall may reach 15 mm in the hardest hit localities. Hail may be abundant. The meteorological situation should improve substantially by the afternoon, when bright sunshine should return to the Maltese Islands.

Il-fdalijiet tas-sistema ta’ pressjoni baxxa intensa li pproduċiet ir-riefnu sever qal-Ħadd li għadda issa tinsab riesqa lejn il-lvant. L-effetti tagħha fuq il-Gżejjer Maltin għadhom mhux lesti pero. Dan minħabba li din l-istess sistema żviluppat massa ta’ arja bi pressjoni baxxa dgħajfa fuq l-Italja ta’ isfel. Din se tkun riesqa bilmod lejn in-nofsinhar fid-direzzjoni tal-Libja fis-siegħat li ġejjin. Din se tgħaddi minn fuq iċ-ċentru tal-Mediterran fil-proċess. Il-Gżejjer Maltin se jkunu affetwati minn din. Riżultat ta’ dan, numru ta’ ħalbiet tax-xita u/jew silġ għandhom ikunu mistenni f’xi nħawi tal-Gżejjer Maltin matul il-lejl. Dawn jistgħu jkunu qawwijin kultant. Iċ-ċans ta’ xita se jkun l-ogħla minn 19:00 tat-Tnejn 25/02 sa 10:00 tat-Tlieta 26/02. It-total ta’ xita jista jilħaq 15 mm fil-lokalitajiet l-aktar milquta. Is-silġ jista jkun abbundanti. Is-sitwazzjoni metejoroloġika se taqleb għal-aħjar sa wara nofsinhar, meta x-xemx ser tirritorna lura lejn il-Gżejjer Maltin.