6:00 pm Weather Report

Forecasters: Venantius Descartes & Hyacinthia Camille

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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 13 mph or 20 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.1 mm.     At GFL Charles Airport: 1.8 mm           

Total rainfall for the month of March so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 22.2 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 19.5 mm           

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:02 am.       Sunset tomorrow: 6:15 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: Mainly fair skies, with a chance of a few showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 11:13 pm…next low at 5:32 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:10 pm… Low at 12:40 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly to northeasterly winds across the Lesser Antilles during the next few days.

Patches of low level clouds drifting with the wind flow will cause a few scattered showers over the islands during the next 24 hours.