6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 28th February, 2022

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light rain.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 24°C or 75°F.

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 2.4 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of February so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 57.1 mm.

Sunset today: 6:12 pm.                Sunrise tomorrow: 6:20 am.

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: Partly cloudy to cloudy 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 7:12 am…High at 2:07 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:39 am…High at 3:14 pm.  

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 to partly cloudy with a few showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with some scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will generate moderate easterly winds and above normal seas across the Eastern Caribbean.

Low level clouds drifting with the wind flow, will cause a few showers over the northern half of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

Moist and unstable conditions over the southern portion of the region, will continue to cause cloudiness with some scattered showers over that area during the forecast period.