Date: 06th December, 2023
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
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 30°C or 86°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 76%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.3 mm. At GLF Charles Airport: 2.7 mm
Total rainfall for the month of December so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 14.9 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 11.8 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 6:15 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:35 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy and breezy, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:18 pm…Low at 5:10 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 6:42 pm…High at 12:25 am.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to 2.4 metres.
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and locally rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy and breezy, with widely scattered showers over the Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and breezy, with a few showers.
WEATHER SUMMARY
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next 24 hours.
A surface trough located a few hundred miles east of the southern Windward Islands, is drifting slowly westward. This system will bring an increase in cloudiness with light to moderate showers, mostly over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.