6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 07th January, 2020
Forecaster: E. Francis

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 18 mph of 30 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 January so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 24.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 21.5 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:30 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:50 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Weather: Generally fair skies tonight. An increase in cloudiness
with a few scattered showers is expected mainly tomorrow afternoon.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:57 pm…High at 2:42 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:24 pm…High at 3:49 am.
Seas: Slight to 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 a few scattered showers mainly
tomorrow afternoon.

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

A surface trough a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is drifting
slowly westward. This system is expected to affect the region from late
Wednesday into Thursday.