6:00 pm Weather Report 27th May, 2020

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus & Hyacinthia Camille

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 33°C or 91°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 15 mph or

24 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace      at GFL Charles Airport: Nil.

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 11.3 mm    at GFL Charles Airport: 13.6 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:34 am        Sunset tomorrow: 6:28 pm.                                      

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy skies with a chance of a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:22 pm…Low: 12:26 am… High: 7:00 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:29 pm…Low: 01:53 am…High: 8:07 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Leeward Islands, partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies with a few showers. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate dry, hazy conditions with moderate east-southeasterly to easterly winds across the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

The second tropical storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Bertha, has weakened into a tropical depression. Bertha is located over the southeastern coast of the United States of America and this system poses no threat to the Eastern Caribbean region.