6:00 pm Weather Report 06th April, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy with thunderstorms.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy 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 22 mph or 35 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace      At GFL Charles Airport: trace

Total rainfall for the month of April so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 12.0 mm    At GFL Charles Airport: 35.0 mm

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am        Sunset tomorrow: 6:16 pm        

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east and east southeast near 22 mph or 35 km/h.

Weather: Fair and hazy, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers and possible isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 9:42 pm… High at 4:00 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 11:09 pm… High at 5:07 am.

Seas: Locally rough with waves 7 to 8 feet or 2.1 to 2.4 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

Generally cloudy with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms 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.

A trough system will cause cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Leeward Islands during the next 24 hours.

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