6:00 am Weather Report 21st February, 2022

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with light showers.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 23 mph or 37 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport:  4.2 mm        

Total rainfall for the month of February so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 38.0 mm   

Sunset today: 6:10 pm         Sunrise tomorrow: 6:23 am

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

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

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

Tides for Castries Harbour:High at 6:31 am…Low at 1:05 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:38 am…Low at 2:32 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and swells 4 to 7 feet or 1.2 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 to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds and rough seas around the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours.

Patches of low-level clouds, drifting with the wind flow, will produce a few showers across the region during the forecast period.

A surface trough located over the central tropical Atlantic continues to drift slowly westward.