6:00 AM WEATHER REPORT

DATE: 17TH MAY, 2019

FORECASTER: EMMANUEL DESCARTES

PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.

PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR.

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 14 MPH OR

22 KM/H.

RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 AM TODAY:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT:  NIL

TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF MAY SO FAR:

AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 6.5 MM

SUNSET TODAY: 6:24 PM                                  SUNRISE TOMORROW: 5:36 AM

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM THE EAST NEAR 16 MPH OR 26 KM/H.

WEATHER: FAIR SKIES, OCCASIONALLY BECOMING CLOUDY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: LOW AT 8:41 AM….HIGH AT 3:24 PM.

TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY:   LOW AT 10:08 AM….HIGH AT 4:31 PM.

SEAS: MODERATE WITH WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET OR 1.2 TO 1.8 METRES.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

OCCASIONALLY CLOUDY WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD

ISLANDS.

WEATHER SUMMARY

THE ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN A MODERATE EASTERLY WIND

FLOW ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

A WEAK LOW LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING SOME CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SHOWERS MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.