6:00 pm Weather Report 06th January, 2020

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus  

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

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 29 °C or 84 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 17 mph of 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 11.3 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 13.4 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 24.1 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 21.5 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:29 am        Sunset tomorrow: 5:49 pm.    

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:13 pm…High at 1:55 am…Low at 6:18 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:40 pm…High at 3:02 am…Low at 7:45 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

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

Moist and unstable conditions in the lower atmosphere over the Lesser Antilles will cause some cloudy periods with showers over the islands during the next 24 hours.

A surface trough located over the central tropical Atlantic is drifting slowly westward.