6:00 pm weather report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 15th March, 2020

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is Partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is Fair.

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

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 2.7 mm    at GFL Charles Airport: Trace.   

Total rainfall for the month of March so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 7.0 mm.   at GFL Charles Airport: 8.6 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:10 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:14 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east northeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming

lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few light to

         moderate showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 9:53 pm… Low at 1:59 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 11:00 pm… Low at 3:26 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Leeward Islands and southern Windward Islands, it will be partly cloudy

to cloudy with some scattered showers.  Elsewhere, it will be fair to partly

cloudy with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

A weak low level trough will produce occasional cloudy periods with some

scattered light to moderate showers over the Leeward Islands during the next

24 hours.

Elsewhere, an upper level trough and jet stream will cause a few scattered

showers, especially over the southernmost part of our region.