6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 25th January, 2024

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 79%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 25 mph or 41 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 10.8 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 99.2 mm.

Sunset today: 6:00 pm.                     Sunrise tomorrow: 6:32 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 25 mph or 41 km/h, with occasional gusts.

Weather: Fair and windy, 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: Low at 8:45 am…High at 3:29 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  Low at 10:12 am…High at 4:36 pm.

Seas: Locally rough to rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 7 to 11 feet or 2.1 to 3.4 metres.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy and windy, with scattered showers over the Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair and windy, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

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

A shearline will cause cloudiness and showers over the Leeward Islands, during the next 24 hours. Shallow patches of low-level clouds drifting along the wind flow, will cause some cloudy intervals with widely scattered showers over the remainder of the region, during the forecast period.