5:00 pm Weather Report

5:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 16th April, 2020
Forecaster: E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east southeast at
20 mph or 31 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 2.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of April so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 4.2 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:17 pm.

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: Partly cloudy 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 6:01 pm…High at 12:55 am…Low at 5:43 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 7:28 pm…High at 02:02 am…Low at 7:10 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY
The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate a moderate to brisk easterly wind flow across the Eastern Caribbean region during the next few days.

Patches of low level clouds moving along the wind flow, will bring some scattered showers over the islands during the forecast period.