6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 03rd December, 2021
Forecaster: E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°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: 2.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.9 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of December so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 4.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 3.2 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:13 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:34 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Fair and slightly hazy, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few brief showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 09:19 pm…High at 4:07 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:46 pm…High at 5:14 am.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly 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
Fair and slightly hazy, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered 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 24 hours.

Patches of low-level clouds drifting along this wind flow, will cause some scattered showers over parts of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.

A surface trough over the central tropical Atlantic is moving slowly westward.