6 am Weather Report for 16 December 2020

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 16th December, 2020

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 24.0°C or 75°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24.0°C or 75°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the north northeast at 06 mph or 09 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.  

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 4.4 mm.  

Sunset today: 5:38 pm.          Sunrise tomorrow: 6:20 am.              

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 12 mph or

19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a chance of a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 9:54 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 6:33 am…Low at 11:21 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief scattered showers mainly around the Leeward Islands.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate a light to moderate easterly to northeasterly wind flow across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next few days.

A few showers are expected over some of the islands due to a weak low level shearline, but mostly fair weather will prevail over our region for the next couple of days.