6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 19th February, 2022
Forecaster: E. Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy with light haze.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°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: 2.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 5.9 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of February so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 33.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 46.5 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:25 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:10 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east northeast and east near
18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Fair and hazy, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 11:37 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:53 pm…Low at 01:04 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 above normal seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers.
WEATHER SUMMARY
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds and above normal seas around the Eastern Caribbean region during the next few days.
Patches of low-level clouds, drifting along the wind flow, will cause a few showers over the region during the forecast period.
A surface trough located over the central tropical Atlantic is drifting slowly westward.