6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 04th December, 2023

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with showers.

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

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 73%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 21 mph or 33 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.        At GFL Charles Airport: 1.4 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 6.5 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 5.4 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:14 am.          Sunset tomorrow: 5:34 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: Partly cloudy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times, with some scattered light to moderate showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:40 pm…Low at 3:48 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:47 pm…Low at 5:15 am.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.7 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy and breezy, with scattered light to moderate showers over the southern Leeward to central Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and breezy, with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas across the Eastern Caribbean region for the next few days.

A weak shear line will produce cloudy periods with light to moderate showers over the central Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

A surface trough located over the western tropical Atlantic is drifting slowly westward. This system is expected to affect our region from late Wednesday.