6:00 pm weather report

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.