6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 05th April, 2023
Forecaster: E. Francis

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 27°C or 81°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°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: 5.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 2.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of April so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 12.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 35.0 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:16 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Weather: Fair and hazy, occasionally becoming cloudy 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 09:17 pm…High at 3:35 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 10:44 pm…High at 4:42 am.
Seas: Locally rough with waves 6 to 7 feet or 1.8 to 2.1 metres.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with showers over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY
The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas around the Eastern Caribbean region during the next few days.

Patches of low level clouds moving along the wind flow will cause some cloudy periods with a few showers over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

A trough system will cause cloudiness and showers over the Leeward and British Virgin Islands during the next 24 hours.