6:00 pm Weather Report Date: 31th January, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

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 northeast at 10 mph or 17 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.3 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: trace.

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 88.7 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 129.8 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:31 am.       Sunset tomorrow: 6:03 pm.               

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the northeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Generally fair and cool tonight with the chance of a few brief showers. Tomorrow, mostly fair and warm.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:13 pm…High at 2:14 am…Low at 5:53 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:40 pm… High at 3:21 am…Low at 7:20 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

A high pressure system, will continue to cause light to moderate northeasterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region during the next couple of days.

Patches of low level cloud drifting with the wind flow, will cause occasional cloudiness and showers over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

A surface trough located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is slowly drifting westward.