6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 25th March, 2024

Forecaster: Shemma Joseph

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

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

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 70%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.     At GFL Charles Airport: trace.

Total rainfall for the month of March so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 35.4 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 49.5 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:03 am.       Sunset tomorrow: 6:15 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 9:51 pm… High at 4:03 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:18 pm… High at 5:10 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with some scattered showers over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles. Further south, fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will generate light to moderate easterly to southeasterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean, during the next 24 hours.

Moisture and instability associated with an approaching frontal trough will cause an increase in cloudiness with showers over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours. Patches of low-level clouds drifting along the wind flow, will cause a few brief showers over the southern half of the region, during the forecast period.