5:00 pm Weather Report 13th April, 2020

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 13 mph or 20 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.1 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 1.7 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of April so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.2 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 1.7 mm.

 Sunrise tomorrow: 5:50 am.    Sunset tomorrow: 6:17 pm.   

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 09:34 pm…Low at 1:33 am…High at 8:11 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 10:41 pm…Low at 3:00 am…High at 9:18 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy skies with some scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to maintain a moderate easterly wind flow across the Eastern Caribbean region for the next few days.

Low level cloud patches drifting along the wind flow will cause a few showers over some of the islands during the next 24 hours.