6:00 pm weather report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 03rd May, 2021

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport iscloudy with light rain.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 29°C or 84°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.8 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 0.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.0 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 0.7 mm.

Sunset today: 6:20 pm.         Sunrise tomorrow: 5:40 am.                        

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 17 mph or

28 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some light to

         moderate showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:02 pm… Low at 3:21 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 12:09 am… Low at 4:48 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the central Windward Islands and areas further south, it will be mostly cloudy with some scattered showers. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies

with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

Moisture and instability in the atmosphere over our region will continue to cause some cloudy periods with scattered showers mainly over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

The La Soufriere volcano in Saint Vincent remains active and additional eruptions

and ash plumes are possible at any time. Interests in Saint Lucia and the south

Eastern Caribbean region are advised to continue monitoring official information

from reliable media outlets for updates.