6:00 pm Weather Report 06th January, 2022

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

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 29°C or 84°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 7.7 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 7.0 mm.      

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 8.2 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 16.0 mm.     

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:30 am             Sunset tomorrow: 5:50 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few isolated showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:30 pm… Low at 1:07 am… High at 7:35 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:37 pm… Low at 2:34 am… High at 8:42 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

A weak low-level trough will cause occasional cloudiness with scattered light to moderate showers, over the northern half of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

Shallow, low-level cloud patches drifting along an easterly wind flow will cause a few brief showers over the remainder of the region, during the forecast period.