6:00 am Weather Report for 17th April 2024

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 17th April, 2024

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 85%.

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: Trace.         

Total rainfall for the month of April so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 17.1 mm.   

Sunset today: 6:17 pm… Sunrise tomorrow: 5:48 am.                          

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east-southeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy and 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 11:19 am… Low at 6:14 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at present…High at 12:26 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy and hazy, with widely scattered showers, over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and hazy with isolated showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will maintain moderate easterly to southeasterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region for the next couple of days.

Weak unstable conditions associated with a surface to low-level trough, will continue to affect the northern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.