A blast of cold air from the north will be reaching the central Mediterranean this week. This will force the warm and humid air locally to rise, leading to the development of successive troughs of low pressure. This will bring a spell of wintry weather to the Maltese Islands. Most days next week will see rain and/or hail showers which will be briefly heavy and thundery at times. The wind will increase ahead of and during showers. Despite this, rainfall totals will not be very high. This is because most showers will be brief. No severe thunderstorms are anticipated. We will also experience a wind shift to the Northwest as well. The Northwest wind will be rather strong on all days this week, reaching Force 5/6 at some point everyday.

Massa ta’ arja kiesħa mit-tramuntana se tilħaq iċ-ċentru tal-Mediterran din il-ġimgħa. Din se timbotta l-arja sħuna u umda ta’ madwarna biex titla ‘l fuq, u b’hekk tiżviluppa irqajja ta’ pressjoni baxxa. Dawn se jġibu magħhom perjodu ta’ temp aktar xitwi lejn il-Gżejjer Maltin. Kważi l-jiem kollha ta’ din il-ġimgħa se jaraw xi ħalbiet ta’ xita u/jew silġ li se jkunu qawwijin u bir-ragħad għal ftit ħin kultant. Ir-riħ iqum qabel u matul ix-xita. Minkejja dan, mhux qiegħdin nistennew ammonti kbar ta’ xita. Dan minħabba li l-maġġoranza tal-ħalbiet tax-xita se jkunu qosra. Sa issa ma jidhirx li se jkollna maltempati severi. Se nesperjenzaw bidla fid-direzzjoni tar-riħ. Ir-riħ mill-Majjistral se jkunu kuljum, u se jilħaq Forza 5/6 f’xi ħin fil-jiem kollha.