6:00 pm Weather Report

Forecasters: Hyacinthia Camille & Venantius Descartes

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 14 mph or

22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.5 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 0.2 mm.         

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 4.9 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 12.8 mm.     

Sunset today: 5:39 pm.                Sunrise tomorrow: 6:22 am.                    

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 17 mph or

28 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with 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 present…Low at 1:12 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:17 pm…Low at 2:39 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal sea swells.     

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers over Trinidad and Tobago and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate a moderate north-easterly to easterly wind flow across the Lesser Antilles during the next few days.

An upper level trough system over the Eastern Caribbean region will continue to cause some scattered showers to develop mainly around the southern portion of the region during the forecast period.