Guernsey Weather Fox

Thursday

Weather

The frustratingly persistent cloud sheet should gradually facture and finally allow some sunny spells to materialise through the afternoon and early evening. Winds will be light force 3 E’ly in the morning, increasing to moderate force 4 by the afternoon. Temperatures should rise from about 13°C at dawn, to a max of around 15-16°C in the afternoon, then fall to a minimum of 11-12°C by the end of the night.

Surf and the Water

Hopefully some super-clean 1-2 foot surf on the west coast. Beautiful swimming conditions in that part of the Island too. Low tide will be around 10am and high tide will be 7.2m around 4pm.

Friday

Weather

A slightly gentler (probably light force 3) ESE’ly breeze should bring much sunnier skies by day and the super-starry skies by night, leading to a greater temperature variation… 16-17°C for the afternoon max and then 10-11°C for the late night min. The west coast will certainly be the loveliest area to go and start the weekend, albeit with a rapidly setting sun (6:16pm).

Surf and the Water

Flat surf but beautiful swimming condition (along the west coast especially). Low tides will be around 11am and high tides will be 7.7m around 5pm.

The Weekend

Weather

Through Saturday, the wind will be a modrate force 4 SE’ly, whilst the cloud gradually thickens from a thin white veil of cirrus to the thick grey undulations of altostratus and altocumulus. Rain will then arrive on Sunday morning, we will hopefully (the Island needs it) have the first thorough drenching around breakfast time, then another around lunchtime and then quite a few more during the night time. Winds will veer to a fresh force 5 SSW’ly on Sunday, bringing air that’s inherently on the mild side. Both days will probably peak at 16°C, but Saturday is bound to feel nicer, due to the dry weather and hazy sunshine.

Surf and the Water

Saturday’s surf will probably increase from flat to 1 foot, then Sunday’s surf should increase from 2 feet to 3. Both days super-clean for surfers. Sunday pretty good for windsurfers too. Tides will be low around midday, and high around 6am and 6pm (increasing from about 8m on Saturday morning to about 8.9m on Sunday evening).

Next Week

Weather

Most days will be at least partially wet and windy, but those episodes will be punctuated by calmer clearer spells. By day, those finer moments might allow temperatures to creep up to about 17°C (the WSW’ly airflow generally being a mild one). Nightly minima will generally be around 12-13°C, but if things become clear and calm at that time, then we could see minima as low as 10°C. Currently Wednesday is threatening to be the wettest day, with some rather prolonged spells of rain, but some of the other days could be just as wet, if the showers turn out to be more frequent than expected. Town will aways be the mildest and most comfortable part of the Island.

Surf and the Water

Definitely a full week of activity for surfers, windsurfers and kitesurfers. Waves will vary between around 2-3 feet at their smallest and 5-6 feet at their largest. Tides will be high around breakfast time and in the evenings… ranging between 8.7m at the smallest and 9.3m at their largest (Wednesday morning). Low tides will be in the early afternoons.