6:00 pm Weather Report 03 March 2021

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 03rd March, 2021

Forecaster: Thomas Auguste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°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 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.4 mm.   at GFL Charles Airport: Trace.

Total rainfall for the month of March so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 5.5 mm.   at GFL Charles Airport: 3.8 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:18 am.  Sunset tomorrow: 6:12 pm.              

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather:  Fair skies at first, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers from late tonight into tomorrow.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:29 pm… Low at 12:32 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 8:36 pm… Low at 01:59 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to 2.4 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the central and southern Windward Islands, it will be occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers from late tonight into tomorrow. Elsewhere, it will be fair to partly cloudy with a chance of a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk east-northeasterly winds around the Eastern Caribbean region, for the next couple of days.

A low level trough will move across the southern Lesser Antilles from late tonight into tomorrow, causing some cloudy periods and scattered showers over that area during its passage.