6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 13^th February, 2022

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is  partly cloudy.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 23°C or 73°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 21 mph or 33 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 3.5 mm.        

Total rainfall for the month of February so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 9.4 mm.        

Sunset today: 6:08 pm.     Sunrise tomorrow: 6:27 am.                                   

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 23 mph or 37 km/h, with occasional gusts.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:56 am…High at 1:39 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:23 am…High at 2:46 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 6 to 8 feet or 1.8 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

Partly cloudy, occasionally becoming cloudy with 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 some showers over the region during the forecast period.

A surface trough located over the central tropical Atlantic is drifting slowly westward and is expected to affect the region from late Monday into Tuesday.