6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 05th December, 2023
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
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 76%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 8.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 4.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of December so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 14.6 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 9.1 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 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and breezy, with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 09:57 pm…Low at 4:32 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 11:04 pm…Low at 5:59 am.
Seas: Locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 6 to 8 feet
or 1.8 to 2.4 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 cloudy and breezy, with a few scattered showers over the southern Leeward and northern 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 continue to produce cloudy periods, with some showers over the northern Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.
A surface trough located over the western Tropical Atlantic is drifting slowly westward. This system is expected to affect our region from late Wednesday into Thursday.