WEATHER REPORT

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 18th January, 2020

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

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 30 °C or 86 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 22 mph or

35 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.            At GFL Charles Airport: 0.7 mm.        

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 50.7 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 72.6 mm. 

 

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:32 am.           Sunset tomorrow: 5:57 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

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

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:46 pm…Low at 4:16 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 6:28 pm…High at 12:53 am.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and swells 6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.7 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few brief showers over the central Windward Islands. Elsewhere, partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will maintain a moderate to brisk easterly wind flow across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next few days.

Weak unstable conditions will cause some cloudiness and showers mainly over the Leeward and southern Windward Islands, during the next 24 hours.