6am weather report – Weather: Mainly fair and breezy with a low chance of brief isolated showers

By SLUMET

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 23 mph or 37 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace.    

Total rainfall for the month of February so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 33.6 mm.

Sunset today: 6:08 pm      Sunrise tomorrow: 6:27 am      

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h, with occasional gusts.

Weather: Mainly fair and breezy with a low chance of brief isolated showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:13 am… Low at 3:52 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:20 am… Low at 5:19 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and easterly to northeasterly swells 6 to 8 feet or 1.8 to 2.4 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise extreme caution due to brisk winds and locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the northern Leeward Islands and extreme southern Lesser Antilles it will be partly cloudy to cloudy and breezy with scattered showers. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy and breezy with widely scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

The Atlantic High Pressure System will maintain generally fair conditions over most of the region and will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas around the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

Patches of low level clouds moving along the wind flow will cause some cloudiness with scattered showers mainly over the extreme southern and northern portions of the region during the forecast period.