Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming occasionally cloudy, with some scattered showers towards evening

Date: 17th December, 2024

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 81%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace

Total rainfall for the month of December so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 26.9 mm

Sunset today: 5:39 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 6:21 am

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming occasionally cloudy, with some scattered showers towards evening.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 9:59 am…High at 4:43 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:46 am…Low at 11:26 am

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells 5 to 8 feet or 1.5 to 2.4 meters.

Small craft operators and sea bathers should exercise caution due to locally rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Further south, skies will start partly cloudy, gradually becoming increasingly cloudy with some scattered showers.

WEATHER SUMMARY

Moderate easterly winds are expected to persist across the Eastern Caribbean region over the next few days.

Weak instability, associated with a low-level trough, is expected to bring scattered moderate to heavy showers, along with a chance of isolated thunderstorms. Initially, this will affect the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles, and gradually shift southward across the rest of the region later today and into tomorrow Wednesday.