6:00 am weather report

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 19th December, 2020

Forecasters: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy

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

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 13 mph or

20 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.7 mm.                 

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 5.1 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 a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:42 am…Low at 12:35 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 8:49 am…Low at 2:02 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

above normal sea swells.     

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers over Trinidad and Tobago and

areas further south. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few 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.

An 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.