6:00 AM...DATE...MAY 17, 2012...FORECASTER...HERBERT REGIS.
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA.....FAIR.
    AT GFL CHARLES...FAIR.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA...........27 C OR 81 F.
LAST NIGHT’S MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA...26 C OR 79 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST AT 18 MPH OR
30 KM/H.
24 HOUR RAINFALL ENDED AT 2:00 AM AT HEWANORRA......2.3 MM.
        
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH THUS FAR AT HEWANORRA...133.5 MM.
                                                                         
WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHTS RECORDED 4 MILES OR 6 KM NORTH OF ST. LUCIA.
AVERAGE WAVE HEIGHT IN PAST 3 HOURS...6.0 FEET OR 1.8 METRES.
MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT IN PAST 6 HOURS...9.6 FEET OR 2.9 METRES.

SUNSET TODAY...6:25 PM.....SUNRISE TOMORROW...5:39 AM.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
WINDS.....EASTERLY NEAR 17 MPH OR 28 KM/H.
WEATHER...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS
          AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. 
                    
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM ST. LUCIA.
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR...LOW AT 6:43 AM...HIGH AT 1:18 PM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY.....LOW AT 8:10 AM...HIGH AT 2:25 PM.
SEAS...MODERATE WITH WAVES 5 TO 6 FEET OR 1.5 TO 1.8 METRES.
                                  
OUTLOOK FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES.
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WITH WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS. 

WEATHER SUMMARY.
THE ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE A
MODERATE EASTERLY WIND FLOW ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN.
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE AIR MASS OVER THE REGION WILL
PRODUCE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE LESSER ANTILLES.