We deliver clear and precise forecasts that help you to plan your daily activities with confidence, and to minimise the impact of the weather on your operations.

The energy industry is another business segment which is extremely sensitive to the weather. We send forecasts for the next 6 days by email at around 8am each day.

The forecast includes:

• Weather
• Minimum temperature
• Maximum temperature
• Wind speed and direction every 3 hours
• Rain probability
• Thunderstorm probability
• Relative Humidity
• Cloud Cover
• Rain amount every 3 hours
• Next 24-hour warning

The transmission of electricity entails the movement of power via high voltage networks from the generators across the Maltese Islands. Electricity distribution takes power from the transmission network and delivers it to the consumer via a host of local lower voltage networks.

Both sets of networks are affected by the weather, and those taking services from us are able to benefit by:

• Anticipating damage to networks
• Placing resources on standby for speedy consumer reconnection
• Improving reconnection rates, avoiding costly financial penalties
• Being able to predict and deal with poor loading and routeing issues
• Ensuring that local demand can be met - the amount of current a cable can carry is affected by its temperature

14-DAY WEATHER FORECASTS

Our 14-day weather forecast is sent by email 3 times a week. This weather forecast includes weather description and weather icon, wind direction and force, rainfall and thunderstorm probabilities, maximum and minimum temperatures, cloud cover, relative humidity and sea conditions.

Our 3-months weather forecast is sent by email once a month, normally at the end of the month. It includes a week-by-week detailed weather description, including temperatures and rainfall.

The General Monthly Summary (GMS) is a record of weather data, giving daily values, means and averages for a range of weather elements.

The GMS 'weather log' helps farmers and other agriculturists to assess how the weather may have affected their business and specific activities like planting, spraying, irrigation and harvest.

The weather elements covered include:

• Temperature, maximum and minimum
• Rainfall
• Wind, average and maximum gust
• Humidity
• Significant weather - days when thunderstorms, hail, fog and gales were reported

As the world's reserves of coal, oil, and gas begin to disappear, and with the drive to reduce emissions, energy markets worldwide are looking to renewable sources of power to fill the gaps.

Renewable energy is derived from a number of sources, all of which are very long lasting, if not inexhaustible. In the Maltese Islands the major sources are:

• wind (both on- and off-shore);
• sun (powering solar and photovoltaic generation);
• rainfall (driving hydro generation);
• the sea (providing generation through tidal and wave action);
• biomass (using easily replenished energy crops or waste products).

These sources are more than just affected by the weather - in many cases they are the weather.

For wind farms, we not only help to forecast energy output, but can also help understand where to build and position assets for maximum effect. Our services can help reduce risks inherent in the planning, construction and operational phases of such projects.