6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 13th February, 2020
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
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 28 mph or 44 km/h, gusting to 39 mph or 63 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of February so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 10.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 21.4 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:27 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:08 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 25 mph or 41 km/h, with higher gusts.
Weather: Partly cloudy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with a few
scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:24 pm… Low at 12:59 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 8:31 pm… Low at 02:26 am.
Seas: Locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly swells 6 to 8
feet or 1.8 to 2.4 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise extreme caution due to brisk winds and rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.
WEATHER SUMMARY
The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and rough seas around the Eastern Caribbean region. Patches of low level clouds moving along this wind flow, will cause some showers to develop over the islands during the forecast period.
Weak unstable conditions in the atmosphere will also cause some scattered showers to develop mainly over the extreme southern and extreme northern parts of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.