6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 26th March, 2024
Forecaster: Dr. E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with light showers.
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 73%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 6 mph or 9 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: trace. At GFL Charles Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of March so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 35.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 49.5 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:02 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:15 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and south near
6 mph or 9 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.
Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:13 pm…High at 4:28 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at present…Low at 11:40 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves and northerly to northeasterly swells
3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered light to moderate showers, over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY
Light and variable winds are expected across the Eastern Caribbean, during the next couple of days.

Moisture and instability associated with a frontal trough, will cause cloudiness with scattered showers over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours. Drier and more stable conditions will persist over the southern half of the region, during the forecast period.