12:00 pm Emmanuel Descartes
Date: 17th January, 2021
Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 23°C or 73°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east northeasterly at 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 2.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.1 mm
Total rainfall for the month of January so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 38.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 40.1 mm
Sunset today: 5:56 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6:32 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 18 mph or 30 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: Low at 12:20 pm…High at 6:39 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 1:47 pm…High at 7:46 pm.
Seas: Moderate to with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
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 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.