6:00 pm weather report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 18th May, 2023

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers nearby.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 18 mph or 30 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace.          At Hewanorra Airport: 0.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 8.0 mm.    At Hewanorra Airport: 21.7 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 between the east and east southeast near 18 mph or

30 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:16 pm… High at 2:47 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:43 pm.. High at 3:54 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy with widely scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds over the Eastern Caribbean region during the forecast period.

Patches of low-level cloud moving with the wind flow will produce some scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving slowly westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.