6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 29th January, 2024

Forecaster: Shemma Joseph

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 25°C or 77°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 84%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 10.9 mm        

Total rainfall for the month of January so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 150.1 mm       

Sunset today: 6:02 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 6:31 am            

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and southeast near 15 mph or

24 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy skies, becoming cloudy at times with scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present… Low at 11:36 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:07 am… Low at 1:03 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with scattered showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands.  Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will generate moderate easterly to southeasterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next couple of days.  Shallow patches of low-level clouds drifting along the wind flow will cause some scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

A plume of Saharan dust will cause a reduction in visibility and air quality across the Eastern Caribbean region, over the next few days.