Date: 18th April, 2024
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
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 81%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeasterly at 12 mph or 19 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: 6:18 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:47 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy, with a few showers.
Persons with respiratory ailments and dust allergies are advised to take the necessary precautions.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present…High at 12:28 pm…Low at 6:52 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 7:22 am…High at 01:35 pm…Low at 8:19 pm.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and southeasterly to easterly swells 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 and reduced visibility.
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
Weak unstable conditions associated with a surface to low-level trough and shearline, will continue to generate cloudiness and scattered showers over the northern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.
A plume of Saharan dust haze will cause a reduction in visibility and air quality across the Eastern Caribbean region, over the next couple of days.