6 PM WEATHER REPORT

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 24th January, 2020

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

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 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.1 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: trace.      

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 86.1 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 98.8 mm.    

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:32 am.           Sunset today: 6:00 pm.        

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times 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 10:09 pm…High at 4:38 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:36 pm…High at 5:45 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLESFair to partly cloudy with a few brief showers over the northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with a few scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region over the next few days. A weak frontal system will cause cloudiness and showers over the Leeward

Islands. Over the southern Windward Islands, moist and unstable conditions will also cause cloudiness and showers during the next 24 hours. Relatively drier conditions will prevail over the central Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.