6:00 Pm Weather report

6:00 PM Weather Report

Date: 19th December, 2023

Forecaster: Lucious Frederick

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 29°C or 84°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 69%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 5.2 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 7.0 mm.   

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 131.3 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 201.0 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:22 am  Sunset tomorrow: 5:40 pm       

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times 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 9:31 pm… Low at 3:29 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  High at 10:38 pm… Low at 4:56 am.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and northeasterly 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 locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the southern Windward Islands, generally cloudy skies with light to moderate showers. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

A shearline will continue to cause cloudiness with scattered showers over the southern Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.

Patches of low-level cloud drifting along a moderate northeasterly to easterly wind flow, will cause a few showers over the remainder of the region during the forecast period.