6:00 pm Weather Report for 22nd April 2023

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 22nd April, 2023

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east southeast

at 8 mph or 13 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: 23.9 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 43.7 mm.

Sunset today: 6:18 pm        Sunrise tomorrow: 5:46 am     

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy tonight, becoming cloudy at times with scattered      showers tomorrow.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 10:36 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:09 pm…Low at 12:03 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Generally cloudy with showers and a chance of thunderstorms over the northern Windwards and areas further north. Elsewhere, partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

A light to moderate easterly wind flow will continue across the Eastern

Caribbean region, over the next few days. Unstable conditions associated with a low level trough will cause cloudy periods with showers over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.