6:00 pm Weather Report 4th February, 2020

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 04th February, 2020

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and hazy.

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 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace    At GFL Charles Airport: Trace.        

Total rainfall for the month of February so far:

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

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:30 am        Sunset tomorrow: 6:05 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: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a chance of a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:45 pm…High at 1:39 am…Low at 5:36 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:12 pm…High at 2:46 am…Low at 7:03 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves and swells 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair and hazy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers mainly over the Leeward Islands. Over the rest of the region, it will be fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk Easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region over the next few days.

An area of Saharan dust haze will continue to cause a reduction in visibility over the region for the next couple of days.

A frontal trough will cause some showery periods over the northern Lesser Antilles over the next 24 hours. Elsewhere, generally fair weather will prevail.