6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 29th 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 30 °C or 86 °F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 10 mph or 17 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: Trace.
Total rainfall for the month of December so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 62.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 89.9 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:27 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:45 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a chance of a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present… Low at 12:27 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:36 pm… Low at 01:54 am.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and north-easterly swells 5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to 2.4 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to locally rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands, it will be occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers. Elsewhere, it will be fair to partly cloudy with a few brief showers.
WEATHER SUMMARY
The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate, light to moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours.
A weak frontal trough will continue to cause some cloudy periods and showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands for the next couple of days. Low level moisture and instability will produce a few showers over the remainder of the region during the next 24 hours.