6:00 pm weather report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 21st January, 2020

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

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 at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 4.3 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 1.1 mm.      

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 55.0 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 76.0 mm.

 

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:32 am.     Sunset tomorrow: 5:58 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with some

         scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:04 pm… High at 2:54 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:31 pm… High at 4:01 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northerly swells 5 to 10 feet or

      1.5 to 3.0 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers, especially to the north and east of the

island, are advised to exercise extreme caution due to brisk winds and rough

seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers

mainly around the Leeward and northern Windward Islands.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk

easterly winds and rough seas around the Eastern Caribbean during the next

couple of days.

Moisture and instability associated with a frontal trough and shear line will

cause occasional cloudiness and showers over the Eastern Caribbean islands

during the next 24 hours.