6:00 pm Weather Report

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar  

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28 °C   or 82 °F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31 °C or 88 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south-southeast at 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.          At GFL Charles Airport: nil.           

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 62.5 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 89.9 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:25 am.                                Sunset tomorrow: 5:44 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and south-southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies.        

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:23 pm…High at 5:00 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:50 pm…High at 6:07 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Generally cloudy with scattered showers over the northern Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate east-southeasterly to southerly winds across the Eastern Caribbean during the forecast period.

A frontal trough will cause cloudiness and showers over the extreme northern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours. Relatively dry and stable conditions will prevail over the remainder of the region.