6:00 pm Weather Report 23rd February, 2022

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.           At GFL Charles Airport: nil.

Total rainfall for the month of February so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 38.0 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 50.2 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:23 am.                 Sunset tomorrow: 6:11 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east-northeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with the chance of 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 10:29 pm… Low at 2:12 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 11:36 pm… Low at 3:39 am.  

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy with a few scattered showers over Trinidad and Tobago and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few brief showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

A light to moderate northeasterly to easterly wind flow and fair to partly cloudy conditions, will prevail over most of the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours.

A surface trough located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles continues to drift slowly westward. Moisture and instability ahead of this system, will continue to cause cloudiness and showers over the extreme southern portion of the region during the forecast period.