6:00 Pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 21st May, 2023

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.

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: nil.         At GFL Charles Airport: nil.

Total rainfall for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 10.3 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 24.8 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.          Sunset tomorrow: 6:25 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

Weather:  Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few brief showers tonight,

          becoming increasingly cloudy with light to moderate showers, and a             

          chance of isolated thunderstorms from tomorrow morning.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:04 pm… High at 4:36 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:31 pm… High at 5:43 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with scattered light to moderate showers, and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

WEATHER SUMMARY

A trough system together with an upper-level jet stream, is expected to cause increased cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over parts of the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next 24 hours.

Two tropical waves located over the Eastern and far Eastern Tropical Atlantic, are moving westward near 17 and 12 mph or 28 and 19 km/h, respectively.