Milder temperatures coupled with some isolated showers are being forecast for the Maltese Islands on New Year’s Day. The Met Office said that this will be followed by mostly fine weather throughout the first few days of the new year.

isolated rain showers may also occur later today. However, the skies are set to clear in time for the weekend, with mainly sunny and windy weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday, the Met Office said.

With the festive season coming to a close, higher temperatures are expected to those recorded during the last week of 2019, as the mercury will be pushed up to a maximum of 16°C between Thursday and Sunday, dropping to a minimum of 10°C during the weekend.

A breezy start to 2021 will see a gentle southwest Force 2 to 3 wind backing south Force 4 to 5 later in the day.

The Met Office advised that the wind will continue to pick up over the weekend, blowing at Force 5 from the southwest by Saturday morning, becoming a strong Force 6 wind from the same direction on Sunday.

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