6 PM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 15th December, 2020

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

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 northeast at 06 mph or 09 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.   At GFL Charles Airport: nil.

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 4.4 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 12.6 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:20 am.      Sunset tomorrow: 5:38 pm.    

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy 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: Low at 10:45 pm… High at 5:26 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 12:12 am… High at 6:33 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief scattered showers mainly around the Leeward Islands.

WEATHER SUMMARY

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

Brief showers are expected over some of the islands due to a weak low level shearline, but mostly fair weather will prevail over our region for the next couple of days.