6:00 am Weather Report 17th December, 2019

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus  

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27 °C   or 81 °F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24 °C or 75 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 29 mph or 46 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport:  2.5 mm.   

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 53.4 mm. 

Sunset today: 5:39 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 6:21 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 23 mph or 37 km/h, with occasional gusts.

Weather: Fair, hazy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:10 am… Low at 1:03 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:17 am… Low at 2:30 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly swells

      7 to 11 feet or 2.1 to 3.4 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise extreme caution due to brisk winds and rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy and breezy with some scattered showers over the Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair and breezy occasionally becoming cloudy with widely scattered showers

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate brisk easterly winds and rough seas across our region during the next few days. Low level clouds drifting with the easterly wind flow will cause occasional scattered showers over the Eastern Caribbean islands during the next 24 hours.