MIO's weather forecast for Curaçao valid until Thursday, September 9, at midnight (24:00 hours) local time.

Weather: On the remainder of Wednesday evening, skies over Curaçao will be mostly cloudy with a few more thundershowers over several locations. On Thursday, September 9, our skies will be partly cloudy and occasionally mostly cloudy. A few more rain or thundershowers are likely at any time over several spots and some of these will be locally heavy.

Wind: From variable directions at force 1 to 3. Mainly during daytime or in showers, occasionally to force 4 or 5 in gusts.
(See an explanation of wind force farther below)

Temperatures: The low on Thursday morning will drop locally to about 24 degrees Celsius mainly in areas with rain. Thursday's high will get to about 33 degrees Celsius during the early afternoon.

Outlook until Friday midnight: Variably cloudy with locally a few more rain or thundershowers possible. Light and variable winds and continued muggy.

Explanation of wind force scale, also known as Beaufort Scale: 0 = Calm (less than 1 km/hr); 1 = Light Air (1 - 6 km/hr); 2 = Light Breeze (7 - 11 km/hr); 3 = Gentle Breeze (12 - 19 km/hr); 4 = Moderate Breeze (20 - 30 km/hr); 5 = Fresh Breeze (31 - 39 km/hr); 6 = Strong Breeze (40 - 50 km/hr); 7 = Near Gale (51 - 61 km/hr); 8 = Gale (62 - 74 km/hr); 9 = Strong Gale (75 - 87 km/hr); 10 = Storm (88 - 102 km/hr); 11 = Violent Storm (103 - 117 km/hr); 12 = Hurricane (More than 117 km/hr). Note: Forces 8 through 11 are also known as tropical storm force winds in the tropics.
(1 km/hr is 0.28 meters per second, 0.62 miles per hour or 0.54 knots).

Last updated on: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, at 23:55 hours, local time (09/03:55 UTC).