6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 06th February, 2024

Forecaster: Shemma Joseph

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 81%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 17 mph or 28 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 February so far:

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

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:29 am.       Sunset tomorrow: 6:06 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the southeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy and hazy, becoming cloudy at times with a chance of brief isolated showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:52 pm… High at 2:43 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:19 pm… High at 3:50 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 above normal seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the northern Leeward Islands, fair at first becoming partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms from tomorrow. Elsewhere, fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy, with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate southeasterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean, during the next few days.

Moisture and instability associated with a frontal boundary will cause cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the northern portion of the region from tomorrow.

A relatively drier and more stable mid to lower atmosphere will persist over the remainder of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.