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 29°C or 84°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.5 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 1.0 mm.     

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 36.3 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 39.0 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:32 am.                          Sunset tomorrow: 5:56 pm.            

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 12:33 am…High at 6:51 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:01 pm…Low at 02:00 am…High at 7:58 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 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 seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk northeasterly to easterly winds and above normal seas around the Lesser Antilles for the next few days.

Shallow patches of low level cloud drifting along the wind flow, will cause a few scattered showers over the Eastern Caribbean islands during the next 24 hours.