6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 29th May, 2023
Forecaster: E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
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 31°C or 88°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east northeast at
15 mph or 24 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.8 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of May so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 40.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 61.4 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:34 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:28 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 to occasionally cloudy skies with a few brief showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:54 pm…Low at 6:23 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 6:52 pm… High at 1:01 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves near 5 feet or 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY
Patches of low level clouds moving along a moderate easterly wind flow, will produce a few scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

An approaching weak tropical wave, will cause some unsettled weather mainly over the extreme southern portion of our region, during the forecast period.

Three other tropical waves located over the central, eastern and far eastern Tropical Atlantic are all moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.