Once again, we’re looking at a week that’s going to be characterised by high pressure. We’re expecting mainly sunny or sunny skies on all days except for Monday 03/02, when it will be partly cloudy. No rain is anticipated this week. We’re already in the fifth week of 2020, but we’re still to experience this year’s first widespread rainfall. The start of this week will see a continuation of warm temperatures, with 18 C / 19 C highs and 13 C lows on Monday 03/02 and Tuesday 04/02. We will still be getting a good taste of winter, however. An incursion of cold air from over the Arctic is forecast to reach the Maltese Islands by Wednesday 05/02. Temperatures will dip briefly. We will see 11 C to 14 C highs and 6 C to 9 C from Wednesday 05/02 through to Saturday 08/02. Sunday 09/02 will see the return of above average temperatures. The arrival of the Arctic air mass will also generate some strong winds, as it clashed with the warm air locally. The Northwest wind will be strong to very strong from Monday 03/02 through to Thursday 06/02. It will be strongest on Wednesday 05/02, when it could reach gale-force at times.