Date: 14th December, 2021
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 22 mph or 35 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 4.9 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of December so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 17.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 33.8 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:20 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:38 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east-northeast near 21 mph or 33 km/h, with a few gusts.
Weather: Fair, hazy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with a few brief scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:13 pm… High at 1:55 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:40 pm… High at 3:02 am.
Seas: Locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells
6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.7 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and locally rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered light to moderate showers over the Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with a few light showers.
WEATHER SUMMARY
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas around the Eastern Caribbean region over the next few days.
The atmosphere over the Lesser Antilles remains sufficiently moist and unstable to produce some scattered showers, mainly over the central and southern portions of our region during the next 24 hours.