6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 13th February, 2022
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with light showers.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 29°C or 84°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 20 mph or 31 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: 4.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of February so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 9.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 26.4 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:27 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:08 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near
22 mph or 35 km/h, with occasional gusts.
Weather: Fair 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 08:43 pm…High at 3:10 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:10 pm…High at 4:17 am.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to 2.4 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.
WEATHER SUMMARY
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and rough seas around the Eastern Caribbean region during the next few days.
Patches of low-level clouds moving along the wind flow, will cause a few showers over the region during the forecast period.
A surface trough located to the east of the Lesser Antilles is drifting slowly westward. This system and is expected to affect the region from late Monday into Tuesday.