6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 02nd January, 2023

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and hazy.

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

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 29°C or 84°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 15.5 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 14.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 15.5 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 16.7 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:28 am.            Sunset tomorrow: 5:48 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:27 pm…High at 2:20 am…Low at 6:20 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:54 pm…High at 3:28 am…Low at 7:47 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds around the Eastern Caribbean region over the next few days.

Low-level clouds moving along the wind flow, will cause a few showers over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

A trough system is expected to cause cloudy conditions and scattered light to moderate showers over the region from late Tuesday or early Wednesday.