6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 28th January, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 13 mph or 20 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 10.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of January so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 83.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 124.9 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:31 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:02 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 18 mph or 30 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Mostly fair and cool at first, becoming increasingly cloudy with some light to moderate showers, from late tonight into tomorrow morning.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 10:21 pm…Low at 2:52 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 11:28 pm…Low at 4:19 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves up to 6 feet or 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy with a few showers at first, with an increase in cloudiness and some scattered from late tonight into tomorrow, over the northern and central Lesser Antilles. Over the southern Lesser Antilles, partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY
A low pressure system located over the central Atlantic, will continue to cause light to moderate northeasterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next few days.
Patches of low-level clouds moving with the wind flow, will cause some scattered showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands, during the forecast period.

A shearline will continue to cause cloudiness and showers over the southern portion of the region, during the next 24 hours.