6 pm Weather Report for 17th March 2022

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 17th March, 2022

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

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

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°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 pm today:

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.   At GFL Charles Airport: 2.5 mm               

Total rainfall for the month of March so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 32.9 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 56.6 mm      

Sunset today: 6:14 pm.          Sunrise tomorrow: 6:09 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS  

Winds will be blowing from the east-northeast near 25 mph or

41 km/h, with occasional gusts.

Weather: Generally fair and breezy becoming cloudy at times with a few

         showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 9:31 pm… High at 03:52 am.   

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 10:58 pm… High at 04:59 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves 6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.7 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 and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate brisk easterly winds and rough seas across the Eastern Caribbean region, for the next few days.

Patches of low-level clouds drifting along the wind flow, will cause some brief showers over portions of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.