WEATHER NEWS FOR MAURITIUS ISSUED AT 16H40 THIS SATURDAY 23 APRIL 2016.
GENERAL SITUATION:
The weak anticyclonic cell almost to the south of the mascarenes is maintaining a relatively windy weather over our region.
FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS:
Partly cloudy to cloudy at times tonight over the eastern and southern slopes and part of the central plateau with light showers.
Mainly fair elsewhere.
The minimum temperature will be around 20 degrees Celsius over the high grounds and will vary between 23 and 26 degrees Celsius along the coasts.
Sunny in general tomorrow during the day.
The maximum temperature will vary between 25 and 27 degrees Celsius over the central plateau and will vary between 29 and 33 degrees Celsius elsewhere.
Wind East-south-easterly 25 km/h with gusts reaching 55 km/h in certain places.
Sea moderate beyond the reefs with South-westerly swells .
Supplementary Information:
Severe tropical storm Fantala has weakened into a moderate tropical storm.
At 16h00, moderate tropical storm FANTALA was centered in latitude 12.0 degrees South and longitude 55.5 degrees East. It is evolving far, at about 890 km to the North-north-west of Mauritius. It is moving towards the North-west at about 10 km/h.
High Tides: Tomorrow 01h28 and 14h16.
Low Tides: Tomorrow 08h01 and 19h55.
Sunrise : 06h24.
Sunset : 17h52.
The atmospheric pressure at 16h00: 1014 hectoPascals.