6:00 pm Weather Report 12th February, 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 east at 23 mph or 37 km/h gusting to 35 mph or 56 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.9 mm     At GFL Charles Airport: 3.7 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of February so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 33.6 mm    At GFL Charles Airport: 47.8 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:28 am       Sunset tomorrow: 6:08 pm       

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing the east near 23 mph or 37 km/h, with occasional gusts.

Weather: Mostly fair, breezy and cool tonight. Tomorrow, mainly fair and breezy with a low chance of a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 09:03 pm… Low at 1:35 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 10:10 pm… Low at 3:02 am.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and easterly swells 6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise extreme caution due to brisk winds and locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the northern Leeward islands and extreme southern Lesser Antilles it will be partly cloudy to cloudy and breezy with scattered showers. Elsewhere, generally fair and breezy with a low chance of a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will maintain generally fair conditions over most of the region and will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas around the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

Patches of low level clouds moving along the wind flow will cause some cloudiness with scattered showers mainly over the extreme southern and northern portions of the region during the forecast period.