6:00 am Weather Report 23 March 2020

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 23rd March, 2020

Forecaster: Thomas Auguste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 23 mph or 37 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.1 mm.     

Total rainfall for the month of March so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 20.0 mm       

Sunset today: 6:15 pm.   Sunrise tomorrow: 6:05 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and breezy 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 9:05 am… High at 3:36 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 10:32 am… High at 4:43 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5       to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Leeward Islands and northern Windward Islands, it will be partly cloudy to cloudy with some scattered showers. Elsewhere it will be fair to partly cloudy with isolated showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

A trough system and upper level jet stream, will cause some cloudy periods with showers over the Leeward Islands and northern Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas around the Eastern Caribbean region for the next couple of days.