6:00 pm weather report

6:00 PM Weather Report

Date: 29th March, 2021

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly 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 28°C or 82°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east northeast at 18 mph or 30 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 22.0 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 3.7 mm.               

Total rainfall for the month of March so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 54.3 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 71.4 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:01 am.         Sunset tomorrow: 6:15 pm. 

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 21 mph

or 33 km/h, with occasional gusts.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with widely scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:07 pm… High at 4:29 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:34 pm… High at 5:36 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Windward Islands it will be partly cloudy to cloudy with some

scattered showers. Elsewhere, it will be occasionally 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 during the next few days.

Moisture and instability associated with a trough system, will continue

to cause cloudy skies with some scattered showers, in the vicinity of

the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.