6 PM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 05th January, 2021

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 29°C or 84°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 6.4 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 6.4 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 18.7 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 12.1 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:29 am.         Sunset tomorrow: 5:50 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 23 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:45 pm… Low at 2:44 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:52 pm… Low at 4:11 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 showers over the Central and Northern Lesser Antilles. Elsewhere, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

Low level clouds drifting along the wind flow, will bring a few showers over the Central and Northern part of the region, during the next 24 hours.

Further south, a surface trough will cause an increase in cloudiness and showers over those islands, during the forecast period.