6:00 am Weather Report 23rd December, 2021

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 23 mph or 37 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.                        

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 27.4 mm.            

Sunset today: 5:42 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 6:24 am

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

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 6:56 am…Low at 11:25 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 8:03 am…Low at 12:52 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and 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

Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds and locally rough seas around the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next couple of days.

Patches of low-level clouds drifting along this wind flow will cause some cloudy periods with scattered showers over our region, during the forecast period