6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT
DATE: 12TH NOVEMBER, 2018
FORECASTER: VIGIL SALTIBUS
PRESENT WEATHER AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS FAIR.
PRESENT WEATHER AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT IS FAIR.
PRESENT TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS 28 C OR 82 F.
TODAY’S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT WAS 31 C OR 88 F.
WIND AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT IS BLOWING FROM THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 13 MPH OR 20 KM/H.
RAINFALL IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD THAT ENDED AT 2:00 PM TODAY:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 0.9 MM. AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 11.4 MM.
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER SO FAR:
AT HEWANORRA AIRPORT: 204.2 MM. AT GFL CHARLES AIRPORT: 205.4 MM.
SUNRISE TOMORROW: 6:03 AM SUNSET TOMORROW: 5:33 PM.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WINDS WILL BE BLOWING FROM BETWEEN THE EAST AND EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 16 MPH
OR 26 KM/H BECOMING LIGHTER AT TIMES.
WEATHER: TONIGHT FAIR SKIES BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SOME SCATTERED
SHOWERS. TOMORROW, CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY FROM THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHT.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
TIDES FOR CASTRIES HARBOUR: HIGH AT 6:13 PM… LOW AT 1:32 AM.
TIDES FOR VIEUX FORT BAY: HIGH AT 7:20 PM… LOW AT 2:59 AM.
SEAS: MODERATE TO LOCALLY ROUGH WITH WAVES AND NORTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY
SWELLS 5 TO 7 FEET OR 1.5 TO 2.1 METRES.
SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE
TO LOCALLY SEAS.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
OVER THE LEEWARD ISLANDS, CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE, FAIR SKIES BECOMING CLOUDY AT TIMES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH A TROUGH SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
GENERATE CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
LESSER ANTILLES DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER LOCATED 200 MILES OR 322 KM EAST OF LEEWARD ISLANDS IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CLOUDY PERIODS WITH SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO GRADUALLY BECOME MORE CONDUCIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES WESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD, PASSING NEAR OR NORTH OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO, HISPANIOLA, AND THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS.
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC IS MOVING WESTWARD
AT ABOUT 12 MPH OR 19 KM/H.