6 AM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 04th March, 2021

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

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 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.3 mm.  

Total rainfall for the month of March so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 5.5 mm.  

Sunset today: 6:12 pm.       Sunrise tomorrow: 6:17 am.          

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:  Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a few scattered showers at first,  becoming fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few showers later on.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:01 am… Low at 2:04 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 8:08 am… Low at 3:31 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and northeasterly swells 6 to 8 feet or 1.8 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. Elsewhere, skies be fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas around the Eastern Caribbean region, for the next couple of days.

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