August will be off to a sweltering start, as high pressure will cover the central Mediterranean again. The current breeze that has brought relief from the heat to many will die down. It will be replaced by a light and variable wind from late on Tuesday 30/07. Temperatures will start rising gradually from Tuesday 30/07. They will soar to 35 C + for a whole week from Thursday 01/08. Realfeels will rise into the lower 40s on some days. Nights will offer little relief from the heat too, as lows will stay in the upper 20s on most nights. The sky will be sunny or mainly sunny throughout. For this heatspell to qualify as a heatwave, maximum temperatures must exceed the average for this time of year (31.4 C) by 5 C or more for three or more consecutive days. That is a great possibility.

Il-bidu ta’ Awwissu se jixwina, hekk kif pressjoni għolja se tgħatti ċ-ċentru tal-Mediterran mill-ġdid. Iż-żiffa ħelwa li ġabet soljev mis-sħana għal ħafna se tbatti ferm. Din se tinbidel f’riħ ħafif u varjabbli minn tard it-Tlieta 30/07. It-temperaturi se jibdew telgħin gradwalment minn nhar it-Tlieta 30/07. Dawn se jilħqu, u saħansitra jaqbżu l-35 C għal ġimgħa sħiħa mill-Ħamis 01/08. It-temperaturi se jkunu jinħassu daqs li kieku fl-40 f’ċertu jiem. L-iljieli se joffru ftit li xejn soljev mis-sħana wkoll, bl-anqas temperaturi jibqgħu madwar 26 C fil-biċċa l-kbira ta’ l-iljieli. Is-sema se jkun xemxi jew il-biċċa l-kbira xemxi matul din il-ġimgħa. Biex dan il-perjodu ta’ sħana jkun jgħodd bħala heatwave, it-temperaturi massimi jridu jaqbżu l-medja għal dan iż-żmien (31.4 C) b’5 C jew aktar fuq medda ta’ minn ta’ l-anqas tlett ijiem konsekkutivvi. Din hija possibilita kbira.