6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 20th February, 2020
Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes
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 21 mph or 33 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 1.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of February so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 13.7 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 29.6 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:24 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:10 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east northeast near 23 mph
or 37 km/h, with a occasional gusts.
Weather: Fair, hazy and breezy, 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 8:35 pm… High at 3:12 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:02 pm… High at 4:19 am.
Seas: Locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly swells
6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.7 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise extreme caution
due to brisk winds, rough seas and dust haze.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy, hazy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with widely 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 for the next
few days. Low Level cloud patches drifting along the easterly wind flow, will
cause occasional cloudiness and showers over the Eastern Caribbean islands
during the next 24 hours.
A plume of thick Saharan dust haze will continue to cause a significant reduction
in visibility and air quality around the Eastern Caribbean during the next 24
hours.