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 east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 7.0 mm.                   At GFL Charles Airport: nil.             

Total rainfall for the month of December:

At Hewanorra Airport: 71.0 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 89.9 mm.          

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:28 am.                          Sunset tomorrow: 5:47 pm.            

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:55 pm…Low at 2:36 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:02 pm…Low at 4:03 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies with a few scattered showers over most of the Lesser Antilles. Over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few isolated 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 few days.

The remnants of a frontal trough will continue to cause cloudiness and a few scattered showers over most of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.