6:00 pm Weather Report 28th January, 2021

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 28th January, 2021

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

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 10 mph or 17 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil        At GFL Charles Airport: nil.

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 71.5 mm    At GFL Charles Airport: 72.5 mm.

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Mostly fair skies becoming occasionally cloudy 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 10:12 pm…High at 4:44 am…Low at 09:25 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:39 pm…High at 5:51 am…Low at 10:52 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 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 produce occasional cloudiness and a few scattered showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.

A weak low level trough approaching the Lesser Antilles will produce occasionally cloudy skies with a few showers over the central and southern portion of the region during the next 24 to 36 hours.