6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 22nd May, 2024

Forecaster: Shemma Joseph

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 87%.

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: 4.0 mm.

Total rainfall so far for the month of May so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 11.8 mm.

Sunset today: 6:26 pm.          Sunrise tomorrow: 5:35 am.                 

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 17 mph or

28 km/h.

Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy, 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 9:11 am… High at 3:53 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 10:38 am… High at 5:00 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and 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.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will maintain moderate easterly to east-southeasterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean, during the next few days.

Weak unstable conditions in the lower atmosphere, will cause cloudy periods with widely scattered showers mainly over the northern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.