6:00 am Weather Report 08th January, 2024

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 08th January, 2024

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 80%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 23 mph or 37 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 3.7 mm

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 15.4 mm

Sunset today: 5:50 pm                  Sunrise tomorrow: 6:30 am    

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy and breezy, with brief scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:05 am…High at 12:46 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 7:32 am…High at 01:53 pm                                                                                                                                  

Seas: Locally rough with waves and 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 locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers over the southern Windwards islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds across the region. Shallow patches of low-level clouds drifting along this wind flow, will produce some scattered showers, mainly across the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.