6:00 pm Weather Report for 23rd December 2023

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 23rd December, 2023

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

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 30°C or 86°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 82%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east northeast at 8 mph or 13 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.8 mm          At GFL Charles Airport: 4.1 mm

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 133.1 mm        At GFL Charles Airport: 205.1 mm

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:24 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-southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some 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 7:42 pm… High at 2:36 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:09 pm… High at 4:04 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with scattered showers over the Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

A weak surface trough and an upper level jet stream over the region will produce some cloudy periods and scattered showers across the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.