6 PM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 29th February, 2020

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26 °C or 79 °F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31 °C or 88 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south-southeast at 13 mph or 20 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: 30.5 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 64.1 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:20 am.           Sunset tomorrow: 6:12 pm.  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, 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: High at 7:53 pm…Low at 12:55 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:00 pm…Low at 02:22 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

Light to moderate easterly winds generated by the Atlantic High Pressure

System, will continue across the Eastern Caribbean region for the next few

days.

Patches of low level cloud drifting with the wind flow, will cause some

showers over the islands during the next 24 hours.