6:00 pm Weather Report

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

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 30°C or 86°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 10 mph or 17 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.7 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 7.4 mm.                

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 4.3 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 12.5 mm.     

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:19 am.            Sunset tomorrow: 5:37 pm.                   

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 15 mph or 24 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 8:17 pm…High at 3:06 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:44 pm…High at 4:13 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic high pressure system will continue to generate a moderate easterly wind flow across the Eastern Caribbean during the next few days.

A weak low level trough is expected to cause occasional cloudiness and showers over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.