6:00 am Weather Report 30 December 2019

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 30th December, 2019

Forecaster: Thomas Auguste  

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26 °C   or 79 °F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25 °C or 77 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east southeast at 10 mph or 17 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.5 mm.         

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 64.0 mm.  

Sunset today: 5:45 pm.   Sunrise tomorrow: 6:27 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers.        

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:48 am… Low at 11:49 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:55 am… Low at 1:16 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and north-easterly swells       5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to 2.4 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands, it will be occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers. Elsewhere, it will be fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate, light to moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours.

A weak frontal trough will cause some cloudy periods and showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands for the next 24 hours. Low level moisture and instability will produce a few showers over the remainder of the region during the next couple of days.