12:00 noon Weather Report 19th Dec, 2020

12:00 noon Weather Report

Date: 19th December, 2020

Forecaster: Avlon Charlery

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east northeast at 16 mph or

26 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.2 mm            At GFL Charles: nil     

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 5.1 mm             AT GFL Charles: 12.8 mm

Sunset today: 5:40 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 6:22 am                     

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 17 mph or

28 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:35 pm… High at 7:02 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 02:02 pm… High at 8:09 pm

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly swells 5 to 7

      feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers over Trinidad and Tobago. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate a moderate north-easterly to easterly wind flow across the Lesser Antilles during the next few days.

A mid-upper level trough system over the Eastern Caribbean region will continue to cause some scattered showers to develop mainly around the southern portion of the region during the forecast period.