Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy, with a few showers

Forecaster: Shemma Joseph

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 69%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.8 mm.      

Total rainfall for the month of April so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 27.3 mm.      

Sunset today: 6:19 pm.          Sunrise tomorrow: 5:42 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy, with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present… Low at 1:04 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 6:42 am… Low at 2:31 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy, with scattered light to moderate showers over the Leeward Islands.  Elsewhere, fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

Light to moderate easterly winds will prevail across the Eastern Caribbean region, over the next couple of days.

Weak unstable conditions associated with a surface to low-level trough will cause an increase in cloudiness with scattered showers over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.  Low-level clouds drifting along the wind flow, will cause occasional cloudy periods with showers over the remainder of the region.