6:00 pm Weather Report 28 December 2019

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 28th December, 2019

Forecaster: Thomas Auguste  

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.

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 20 mph or 31 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.   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: 6:26 am.   Sunset tomorrow: 5:45 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 18 mph or 29 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a chance of a few brief showers.        

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 11:46 pm… High at 6:12 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 01:13 am… High at 7:19 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Leeward Islands and northern Windward Islands, it will be cloudy at times with a few scattered showers. Elsewhere, it will be generally fair.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region for the next few days.

A weak frontal trough will cause some cloudy periods and showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands during the next 24 hours. Conditions are drier and more stable over the remainder of the region and mostly fair weather is expected to prevail.