6 PM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 18th March, 2020

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 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: trace.

Total rainfall for the month of March so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 7.6 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 8.6 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:08 am.             Sunset tomorrow: 6:14 pm.      

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, 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: Low at 6:40 pm…High at 1:53 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:07 pm…High at 2:42 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

Weak unstable conditions in the lower atmosphere over the Eastern Caribbean, will cause occasional cloudy periods with some scattered showers across the islands of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

A surface trough located over the western tropical Atlantic is drifting slowly westward.