It’s been a windy and rather wet week for the Maltese Islands. The low pressure system that brought days of unstable weather to our shores will move east, allowing an area of high pressure to take over for a few days. The wind is set to shift to the South, and remain so till the weekend. Winds will die down on Monday, allowing for two to three days of relative calm. It should pick up again from Thursday, and reach up to Force 7 again over the weekend. It will be from the South to Southeast throughout. Under the influence of southerly winds, temperatures will rise slightly too. Throughout the week, highs will be in the region of 18°C to 19°C. On the other hand, lows will rise from a more seasonal 11°C to 12°C at the start of the week to a mild 14°C to 15°C  by the weekend. We’re expecting weekdays to be mainly dry. We’re not anticipating much uninterrupted bright sunshine though. The southerly wind will cover our sky in grey high cloud from time to time. There will be an episode of high humidity and airborne fine desert sand too. Another change in the situation is likely at the weekend, when an area of low pressure may reach the central Mediterranean. The warm air locally may clash with an incursion of cold air to spark rain showers and thunderstorms. This is yet to be confirmed, and will be addressed in separate updates at later dates.