6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 16th May, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

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 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of May so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 8.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 21.6 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:36 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:24 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy with a few brief light showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:03 pm…High at 1:39 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 8:30 pm…High at 2:46 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves up to 5 feet or 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy and hazy with brief isolated showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY
The Atlantic High Pressure System will dominate the weather pattern over the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next few days.
Low-level cloud patches moving along a moderate easterly wind flow, will produce a few isolated showers over parts of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.