6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 22nd December, 2023

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with light rain.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.

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

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 87%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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

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

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

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

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:23 am.          Sunset tomorrow: 5:42 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with scattered light to moderate showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:49 pm…High at 1:41 am…Low at 5:55 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:16 pm…High at 2:48 am…Low at 7:22 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Windward Islands and areas further south, partly cloudy to cloudy at times with scattered light to moderate showers. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with isolated showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

Moisture and instability associated with an upper-level jet stream and a low-level trough, will cause cloudiness with scattered showers over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.