6:00 pm Weather Report

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

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-southeast at 12 mph or 19 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: nil.      

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 86.2 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 98.8 mm.     

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:32 am.                         Sunset tomorrow: 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 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Generally fair skies, with a chance of brief isolated showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:45 pm…High at 5:07 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 12:12 am…High at 6:14 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a few scattered showers over the Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few isolated showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

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

A weak frontal system will continue to cause some cloudiness and showers over the Leeward Islands. Relatively drier and stable conditions will prevail over the remainder of the lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

A surface trough located several hundred miles east of the lesser Antilles is drifting slowly westward.