Wrap up tight! It’s single digits and hailstorms for the Maltese Islands. But what about 2020?
If you’re feeling an extra chill in the air and think you’re coming down with something, not to worry, you’re probably not. Over the weekend, Malta experienced “the coldest [night] since last February,” according to Maltese Islands Weather (it felt like 5.9°C, just sayin’). Temps dropped 5°C in 24 hours due to the influx of cold Nordic air.
Local weather site, Malta Weather have reported that, “Hailstorms are possible across Malta and Gozo over the next 48 hours, especially from tomorrow evening until Tuesday morning, as un upper-level cold pool sits over the central Mediterranean, generating instability over a warm sea and leading to the formation of cumulonimbus clouds, lightning and strong northeasterly winds!” Mother Nature is on a ROLL.
Temperatures on the Maltese Islands have dropped and according to various weather sites, they’ll continue doing so. But the question on everyone’s mind is: what about the New Year?
According to It-Temp Madwarna, “2019 will be closing off with cold and rainy weather” while 2020 will be welcomed with “sunny skies.” The local weather site reports that this week the Maltese Islands will experience cold and somewhat unstable weather. “It’s looking like rain showers are to be expected with some soft hail between Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st with the possible occasional thunder rumble.”
It-Temp Madwarna also reported that the temperatures will be “lower than the seasonal average for the entire week” with today and tomorrow being the coldest days of the week. The weather site also noted that temps won’t exceed 12°C (which is 4°C below the average weather for this time of year).
Good news, however! We’ll be welcoming January 2020 with temperatures that will be a smidge warmer. “Minimum temperatures will be below 9°C, when windless nights will possibly result in the formation of ground frost (glata).”
And while many Maltese kids’ dream is to see snow falling on the island, “it’s very unlikely we’ll get snow,” says Maltese Islands Weather. BUT – we may get something similar. “It’s called graupel. It is also referred to as soft hail. It is a form of precipitation which resembles crumbled polystyrene (jablo) that forms when supercooled droplets of water are collected and freeze on a falling snowflake, forming a 2-5mm ball of rime.” Cool!
What do you think of the cold weather coming our way?