6:00 pm Weather Report

Forecasters:  Hyacinthia Camille & Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 360°C or 86°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.   At GFL Charles Airport: 8.5 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of March so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 20.8 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport: 33.8 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:12 am.       Sunset tomorrow: 6:14 pm.  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 09:37 pm… High at 3:58 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:04 pm… High at 5:05 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves and swells 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly to east-northeasterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region, for the next few days.

A weak trough system is expected to cause an increase in cloudiness and showers over our region from during the weekend.