Cold, but no snow expected
The maximum temperature in Malta over the next two days is expected to be around 10 degrees Celsius and the minimum should hover around 6 degrees Celsius, the Meteorological Office said.
Its statements appear to dash claims for other sources, such as Italian site Meteoweb, which went so far as to claim that it may snow in Malta between tomorrow (Monday) afternoon and Tuesday morning.
Meteoweb said that temperatures at an altitude of 1,500 metres in Lampedusa, Pantalleria and possibly Malta, could go down to -4 and -5°C. The highest point in Malta is 253 metres.
The Met Office said that the mean maximum temperature for February, which is 15.6 degrees Celsius and the mean minimum temperature which is 9.4 degrees Celsius.
The weather for the coming two days is expected to be partly to rather cloudy with isolated showers possibly thundery. The northwest wind will increase to very strong tomorrow and will decrease gradually to rather strong by end of Tuesday.
Due to the strong winds, the wind chill factor (defined as the apparent temperature felt on exposed skin due to the combination of air temperature and wind speed) might make the temperature feel colder than the actual temperature.
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J Debrincat
Feb 7th, 14:47
Hahah 6 degrees! Thats nothing!! I sunbathe in less
G Zammit
Feb 7th, 08:52
Mate they cant even drive when its dry on this Island
Alex Ellul
Feb 7th, 11:12
G, can you at least change the 'they' into a 'we'? If 'they' can't drive, then neighter can 'we'.
Speak for your self please.
James Wightman
Feb 7th, 07:25
Snow! Thank heavens it won't people can't even drive in rain.
mike Dobson
Feb 6th, 23:31
Welcome to the island of Malta, blue clear sea, white snow , plenty if icy winds good for wind surfing and also a good business venture for anyone interested in flogging umbrellas at Valletta market. A free cup of hot soup with every purchase, make the best of it as come July / August it will be completly the opposite, no hot soups but more like a pint of cold drink.
Alex Ellul
Feb 6th, 16:12
Global warming is officially over. Now it's the freeze up that's coming up:
http://theology.geek.nz/?p=3735
The supposed ‘consensus’ on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years. The figures suggest that we could even be heading for a mini ice age to rival the 70-year temperature drop that saw frost fairs held on the Thames in the 17th Century.
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Based on readings from more than 30,000 measuring stations, the data was issued last week without fanfare by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. It confirms that the rising trend in world temperatures ended in 1997.
She argued it is becoming evident that factors other than CO2 play an important role in rising or falling warmth, such as the 60-year water temperature cycles in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. ‘They have insufficiently been appreciated in terms of global climate,’ said Prof Curry. When both oceans were cold in the past, such as from 1940 to 1970, the climate cooled. The Pacific cycle ‘flipped’ back from warm to cold mode in 2008 and the Atlantic is also thought likely to flip in the next few years .
Pal Brekke, senior adviser at the Norwegian Space Centre, said some scientists found the importance of water cycles difficult to accept, because doing so means admitting that the oceans – not CO2 – caused much of the global warming between 1970 and 1997. The same goes for the impact of the sun – which was highly active for much of the 20th Century.
‘Nature is about to carry out a very interesting experiment,’ he said. ‘Ten or 15 years from now, we will be able to determine much better whether the warming of the late 20th Century really was caused by man-made CO2, or by natural variability.’ Meanwhile, since the end of last year, world temperatures have fallen by more than half a degree, as the cold ‘La Nina’ effect has re-emerged in the South Pacific.
‘We’re now well into the second decade of the pause,’ said Benny Peiser, director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. ‘If we don’t see convincing evidence of global warming by 2015, it will start to become clear whether the models are bunk. And, if they are, the implications for some scientists could be very serious.’
Just don't throw that fur coat away............
James Wightman
Feb 7th, 07:28
if you manage to warm up the world by half a degree you'll move a lot more air around much further. Big winds, colder winters, dryer summers - sound familiar.
Alex Ellul
Feb 7th, 11:26
James Wightman, can you support your comment with a scientific report please. What you say is scientifically stupid. First of all, half a degree is considered as within the natural order of variability. Even due to the current negative ENSO phase n(La Niña) the world has cooled by 0.5C. And that's only due to one climate forcing. Now try to read this:
http://iceagenow.info/2011/11/russian-scientists-predict-100-years-cooling/
>>Our planet warms and cools in predictable 200-year cycles corresponding to 200-year variations in the size and luminosity of the Sun, the scientists found. Previous global warmings – of which there have been many – have always been followed by deep cooling.
The 200-year variations in sunspot activity and total solar irradiance (TSI) are the dominating reason for climate change, says Abdussamatov. “In whole, the solar cycles are a key to our understanding of different cyclic variations in the nature and society.”<<
You may also try to follow what British astrophysicist Piers Corbyn is doing, saying and SUCCESSFULLY predicting. Just google him.. go on, it takes some courage to peep through that telescope of scientific reality.
m borg
Feb 6th, 11:09
Just both a pair of skiis and now have to sell them on ebay uffff ...
Charles Micallef
Feb 6th, 10:07
Believe it or not, it does not snow when the weather is cold, it is the snow that freezing afterwards and which brings the tempretures down to below freezes point, This creates the worst hazzard on the roads known as black ice, where a pool of clear water freezes on the roads surfaces and will not be visible to the drivers until they drive over them, with the effect that it creates a ice skating ring and that is when one can easily lose control of his vechile,,!
W St.John
Feb 6th, 09:30
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. U halluwha naqra Xitwa,issa la jigi s-sajf hudu gost bih ...
Dejjem igerger il-Malti..
Ms erica borg
Feb 6th, 09:14
here comes the ice age !
Mona Lott
Feb 6th, 09:55
Technically we've already been in the ice age for 2.58 million years...
Alex Ellul
Feb 6th, 08:25
We are just experiecing the future. The future is cold winters. Forget the theory of man-made global warming or its variants. Solar scientists have been predicting this climate for many years and we are noe in the first years of a multi-decadal cold period caused by the solar cycle SC24 that we are in now. This cycle is a long weak one causing a global cooling on our planet. But this is just the beginning. Solar cycle SC25 is predicted to be even more weak. Each solar cycle is normally 11 years. but these two cycles are longer than normal while being weaker. It is predicted that we may have 50 years of cooling with the possibility of a return of the Little Ice Age that planet went through between 800 and 200 years ago, reaching the coldest years around 400 years ago.
One can read many scientific reports onthis issue. The Norwegians, living in a very cold place are taking the science very seriously:
http://joannenova.com.au/2012/01/global-cooling-coming-archibald-uses-solar-and-surface-data-to-predict-4-9c-fall/
Marcel Ellis
Feb 6th, 08:59
One of the very few sensible posts I have read for many years. Add to that, if global warming (the man made one) was really induced it would also cause a possible mini ice age ironic as it may sound. This is because of the change of flow caused to the gulf stream thanks to the warming up of oceans. Either way, we will not be looking at Global Warming in the literal sense and as many tend to understand, but a general cooling of the planet brought on by both the Solar Cycle SC24 and the man made global warming scenario.
R Malia
Feb 6th, 09:11
Global Warming is a scam by governments to collect Taxes.
Fleur Marie Ghirxi
Feb 6th, 08:24
The day after tomorrow........
Alex Ellul
Feb 6th, 12:04
It is the day after tomorrow, but not the Hollywood movie. It's today's science predicting what tomorrow will be like, for the next decades at least.
Mona Lott
Feb 6th, 08:03
snow in Malta would be terrible. il-bjut tad-djar ta' Malta mhumiex maghmulin ghal snow!!!
Michael Owen
Feb 6th, 07:10
As I live in Qawra, I hope they open the mountain up for skiing.
I refer to the mountainous pile of trash on the coast.
Edward Curmi
Feb 6th, 09:51
I think the mountain pile of trash has subseded considerably and cannot be called mountain any longer!!
Michael Tabone
Feb 6th, 02:14
It is highly unlikely to snow at 6 degrees celcius. Usually snows when the temperature is hovering between 1 degree and -1 degree. Its a very unlikely, but it may be the case that it snows within Malta's sea border.
Bernard Pollacco
Feb 6th, 01:13
wondering how the gov wasn't blamed cause of the change of weather(sorry couldn't resist)....
Lisa Grech-mahoney
Feb 6th, 09:24
hahaha fantastic Bernard.....my thoughts exactly...you just beat me to it and worded them before me :)
Alfred Grech
Feb 5th, 23:31
I'm dreaming of a white carnival :))
Jos Sherry
Feb 6th, 08:30
Nice one.
H. Meilak
Feb 5th, 23:30
Errata corrige - Pantelleria 836 metres.
H. Meilak
Feb 5th, 23:10
1,500 metres? That's the average height of the Sila Mountains in Calabria. The highest point in Malta is 253 metres, Lampedusa 133 metres and Pantelleria just 5 metres. -4c and -5c?........ma fammi il piacere Meteoweb!
J Hili
Feb 5th, 22:31
http://www.meteoweb.eu/2012/02/tra-domani-e-lunedi-potrebbe-nevicare-anche-a-malta-non-succede-dal-31-gennaio-1962/115825/
Nakita Ambinette
Feb 5th, 22:14
tihdux gost jekk jamel is snow..... il maltin mhux imdorijin isuqu,w isiru aktar incidenti (mhux bizejjed saru hafna diga) u lanzjani ibatu iktar!!!
Jimmy Tanti
Feb 5th, 22:14
Ma niskanta xejn li jaghmel hafna silg.Ghax jien niftakar li darba kienet ghamlet maltempata qawwija tas-silg li hafna nies kienu mpalaw ghal isfel minn fuq il-bjut taghhom.dan li qieghed nghid ilu madwar 57 sena ilu.Dak iz-zmien il-bicca l-kbira s-soqfa kienu jkunu bix-xorok,allura ma tantx kienu jifilhu ghal piz.
A Camilleri
Feb 6th, 08:46
there is a difference between ice and snow.
Mr Henry A. Grima
Feb 6th, 10:04
Ma nafx ghal meta qed tghid, imma darba meta kont ghadni tifel, ghamel hafna silg fl-10 ta Awwissu, il-festa ta San Lawrenz. Tant nizel silg li missieri qal lili u l-hija biex inehhuh minn fuq il-bejt ghax bezgha mill piz fuq ix-xorok. Ma tantx kienet kesha u bix-xoghol shanna tant li spiccajna bil-qalziet ta taht.
m farrugia
Feb 5th, 21:52
kollu tort ta linstabbilita dan eh fit temp, please note joseph
A Bezzina
Feb 5th, 21:44
Should it snow, you can count on ARRIVA ... :o)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/motoringvideo/8191628/Is-this-the-Stig-of-bus-drivers.html
Ms Xaxa Caruana
Feb 5th, 23:00
Saw the link, that is one hell of a driver. thanks , like , like, like :)
Joanna Bugeja
Feb 5th, 21:07
Wow, so if it snows then it is not so impossible to win the Eurovision. Kuragg Kurt.
JBD
Alfred Cassar
Feb 5th, 20:57
Wishful thinking. It will never snow in Malta and so there is no need to worry about our roofs and our driving
Christopher Bianco
Feb 5th, 21:22
@ cassar it had before :)
Alfred Grech
Feb 5th, 22:07
Back in 1960 it did snow with a small accumulation underneath the sidewalks. It went down to 0C then and many people, including myself, didn't go to work :))
Richard Caruana
Feb 6th, 07:51
I've seen it on two occasions. Have a pic of my dark blue Fiat covered in it (lightly one must add) way back in the early 1970s. Melted very quickly though, but was an experience seeing it float down
Carmel Cilia
Feb 6th, 08:09
It was 17th January 1981 when I saw flakes of snow drifting down on that afternoon. The location was at Qormi. The duration was about fifteen minutes. I was very much impressed .
m borg
Feb 5th, 20:50
Can't imagine Arriva skating lol !
A Bezzina
Feb 5th, 20:15
If anyone wants to have some good examples of ignorance, take a glance at the 'global warming' remarks below!! Utterly pathetic ...
Joseph Borg
Feb 5th, 21:04
May be you are fortunate to be one of the enlighted ones my friend
A Bezzina
Feb 5th, 21:34
I am not enlightened at all ... I just inform myself before expressing an opinion, which is something that everyone of the readers can do since they all evidently have access to internet.
Peter Shaw
Feb 5th, 19:46
snow falls at max 2 degrees centigrade, ergo it will not snow in Malta
Antoine Grima
Feb 5th, 19:46
Kemm hu sabih is-SAJF!!
Jo Grima
Feb 5th, 19:38
polar shift !! have we forgotten we are in the year 2011
Alfred Cassar
Feb 5th, 20:53
Are you sure we are in 2011?
Joseph Brincat
Feb 5th, 19:25
COLDER THAN AVERAGE .
Well to those who can afford GAS heaters on problem
BUT those can not afford it >>> B RRRRRRRRRR IT' COLD
Ġ. Agius
Feb 5th, 19:21
I don't think that God will send us snow seeing that he knows that this catholic nation is not equipped for that natural marvel of his.
Harry Borg
Feb 5th, 19:12
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=342406905790531&set=a.268265436538012.73321.255672651130624&type=1&theater
Michael Flaherty
Feb 5th, 19:04
Malta is not equipped for snow. No single vehicle at the moment is able to tackle snowy conditions safely, accidents would be commonplace and the entire island would stall until someone started importing chains (which would then totally wreck our roads).
Not to mention that our rooftops cannot handle snow. I think it's about time the authorities release a small safety leaflet of how to best deal with the situation in case it happens!
However, to be completely fair, if it snows, it will probably be a very small amount ... which could prove even worse, as this would melt soon, resulting in a slush, which is even more dangerous.
Alfred Cassar
Feb 5th, 20:52
So in your last paragraph you answered to your own worries mentioned in the first two paragraphs
Trevor Lorenzo Mizzi
Feb 5th, 22:17
Nonsense, flat roofs in places like Bethlehem still survive after a snow fall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b08fN4Vfh8&feature=related
Mr D.S. Scott
Feb 5th, 19:00
I don't like the cold of winter but there's at least one positive thing in that a harshly lower temperature might kill off quite a lot of parasitic insects like the White fly, Mediterranean fruit fly etc. These parasites wreak havoc on fruit trees and unfortunately farmers have to resort to increasing amounts of chemical pesticides to protect their harvest and livelihood.
Ramon Mangion
Feb 5th, 18:42
anyone wants to doa snowman party in valletta ?
Joseph Borg
Feb 5th, 18:32
Is this part of the global warming? Please give us back our stolen money
j falzon
Feb 5th, 20:46
We all hear you brother. Now they are calling it climate change or global cooling. They've taken us for mugs.
vella m
Feb 5th, 18:20
Our roof tops are not made for snow or ice!
A. Mifsud
Feb 5th, 18:58
...don't worry about that. If this phenomenon really happens, something which is highly unlikely, the snowfall will be with very little or no accumulation. As it reaches the ground it will melt instantly. Therefore those of you thinking of fetching the skis from the loft can put them back in.
Bernard Storace
Feb 5th, 18:15
If we really get to see snow...drivers beware. Malta is hilly and unless your car is equipped with winter tyres (or chains!) pleaae do not attempt to drive. You will only be a danger to others and most likely damage your car in the process.
julian caruana
Feb 5th, 19:53
doing what we do best in Malta... getting carried away, read your comment in two days and tell me how you feel....
John Schembri
Feb 5th, 18:12
Since when do we prefer a website which predicts the worst case scenario?
I stick to what the authoritative MIA website and many other websites are forecasting :very cold weather with strong winds and some rain showers.
Renald Borg
Feb 5th, 18:37
party pooper
MALCOLM SEYCHELL
Feb 5th, 18:55
Int bis serjeta. Qatt l MIA website qatat meta tkun gejja xi maltempata tajba?
Victor Vella
Feb 5th, 18:11
I just want to see Maltese drivers if it snows.During rain they drive slowly, I bet during snow they would drive backwards
Ryan Borg
Feb 5th, 19:08
How in on earth would you like drivers to drive in rainy conditions? Is it not safer to driver slower in such conditions?
A Mifsud
Feb 5th, 19:44
I do indeed hope that they drive slow in rainy conditions; the road surfaces in Malta are so poor they become like ice rinks when it rains...
Victor Vella
Feb 5th, 18:09
I could swear that it did snow this morning. I was working behind a window and as the rain fell I could see tiny flakes hovering downwards,
joanne evans
Feb 5th, 21:42
i really think you would know if you had snow, try 6 inches, that what we had last night in england.
MALCOLM SEYCHELL
Feb 5th, 18:06
Any idiot still believing in global warming... They have been stealing your taxes for over 30 years.....
Alex Meli
Feb 5th, 18:57
THE GIST - or global warming for idiots....
Rising Arctic temperatures have reduced floating ice cover by 20 percent over the last three decades.
The sun's rays are now absorbed by dark-blue sea rather than bounced back into space by reflective ice and snow.
This heat creates a strong high-pressure system that brings cold polar air into Europe.
Hope this doesn't confuse you.
A Bezzina
Feb 5th, 20:11
@ Alex Meli
GOOD ONE!!
j falzon
Feb 5th, 20:57
You are right Alex. You are obviously a genius. Happy reading:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/global-warming-nonsense-gets-a-true-cold-shoulder/story-e6frezz0-1226258756363
F Goodwin
Feb 5th, 23:34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Z0S9yRTyw
Zagroma Savrene
Feb 5th, 17:58
Not cold enough :(. It's unfair, winter should be winter in Malta not some feeble attempt at a "cold" weather. I hate geography.
Paul Borg
Feb 5th, 17:53
We may see snow in Malta...
http://www.giovanilampedusa.it/notizie/481-allerta-neve-su-isole-pelagie-e-malta.html
Ms maria bonnici
Feb 5th, 17:41
take your coats and umbrellas
Jeremy Lanfranco
Feb 5th, 17:27
From Meteoweb:
• MeteoWeb
ALLERTA NEVE A MALTA, LAMPEDUSA E PANTELLERIA - Tra domani pomeriggio e martedì mattina anche Malta, nel Canale di Sicilia, potrebbe vedere la neve. Con temperature tra -4 e -5°C a 850hPa e tra -32 e -33°C a 500hPa, non sono da escludere imbiancate fin sulle coste. La mappa del COSMO-ME dell'Aeronautica, in allegato, evidenzia precipitazioni abbondanti nel Canale di Sicilia, con venti tesi da nord/ovest. Possibili nevicate anche a Pantelleria, Lampedusa e in tutte le Pelagie. Dopo l'evento di oggi ad Algeri, domani si imbiancherà anche Tunisi.
John Micallef
Feb 5th, 17:21
There you have it...global warming at its very best.
Martin Galea De Giovanni
Feb 5th, 18:19
A simple understanding of the difference between the terms "climate" and "weather" should make you think before your comment.
Jean Paul Bugeja
Feb 5th, 17:11
Facebook is currently teeming with reports from some Italian website, saying that it will snow tomorrow and the day after. Hmm.... I'm quite doubtful, but I wish it were true. Ready the shovels :D
V. Cauchi
Feb 5th, 17:05
We have one Maltese word for wind chill factor, "bard" or cold wind, which is different from "ksieħ" (cold) or "riħ" (wind) on their own.
David Muscat
Feb 5th, 16:59
Cold temperature can heal bruises of our country Malta.
Alfred Cassar
Feb 5th, 20:44
If anything it should perhap heal the bruises of countries like Italy and so on. I don't see any bruises in Malta thank God
Karl Consiglio
Feb 5th, 16:56
but no snow no alps.