6:00 am Weather Report 28th January, 2021

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.      

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 71.5 mm.   

Sunset today: 6:02 pm.    Sunrise tomorrow: 6:31 am.              

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east-northeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 08:41 am… High at 3:24 pm.  

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 10:08 am… High at 4:31 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands, it will be partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers. Further south, it will be fair to partly skies, with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

A weak frontal trough will continue to cause occasional cloudiness and showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands, during the next 24 hours.

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate east-northeasterly winds around the Eastern Caribbean region over the next couple of days. Patches of low level cloud drifting along this wind flow will cause a few isolated showers over the remainder of the region during the forecast period.