6:00 pm weather report

6:00 PM Weather Report

Date: 27th January, 2020

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

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 10 mph or 17km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil       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: 6:01 pm.    

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and southeast near

15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a chance of few brief isolated showers  A marginal increase in cloudiness with a few scattered showers is expected tomorrow.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 11:51 pm… High at 6:04 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 6:22 pm… Low at 1:18 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 some scattered showers over the

northern 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 trough will continue to cause occasional cloudiness with a few

showers over the northern Leeward Islands over the next 24 hours. Relatively

dry and stable conditions will prevail over the other Eastern Caribbean islands.  An approaching weak low level trough is expected to cause a marginal increase in cloudiness and a few scattered showers over the islands tomorrow.