6:00 pm Weather Report 14th January, 2024

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

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 69%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 21 mph or 33 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.                                 At GFL Charles Airport: nil.

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 34.0 mm.                        At GFL Charles Airport: 54.4 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:31 am.            Sunset tomorrow: 5:54 pm.             

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers during the night and early morning. Tomorrow, generally fair skies.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present…Low at 12:23 am… High at 6:53 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:02 pm…Low at 1:50 am… High at 8:00 am.   

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and above normal seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy becoming cloudy at times, with scattered showers over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair skies becoming cloudy at times with a few isolated, brief showers.   

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will generate moderate to brisk easterly winds across the Lesser Antilles, during the next few days.

A weak shearline will continue to cause cloudiness and scattered showers over the southern Lesser Antilles. Patches of low-level clouds drifting along the wind flow, will cause a few brief showers over the remainder of the region, during the forecast period.