6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 16th April, 2024
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 88°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 72%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 14 mph or 22 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.5 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of April so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 17.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 10.9 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:49 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:17 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h.
Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy and slightly hazy, with a few showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 12:24 am…Low at 4:41 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 06:51 pm…High at 1:31 am.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 4 to 7 feet or 1.2 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
Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy and slightly hazy, with widely scattered showers, over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and slightly hazy with isolated showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will maintain moderate easterly to southeasterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the forecast period.
Weak unstable conditions associated with a surface to low-level trough, will cause cloudiness with widely scattered showers mostly over the northern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.