6:00 pm Weather Report

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy with showers nearby.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair with hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30 °C or 86 °F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 33 ° C or 91 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.           At GFL Charles Airport: 4.4 mm.                  

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.5 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 11.3 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.                                    Sunset tomorrow: 5:49 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few showers at first, becoming increasingly cloudy with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms from later tonight continuing into tomorrow.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 10:17 pm…Low at 5:35 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 11:24 pm…Low at 7:02 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate at first with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.      Tomorrow seas will be moderate to locally rough with waves 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution tomorrow due to deteriorating sea conditions.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy and hazy with a few showers at first, becoming increasingly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms from later tonight continuing into tomorrow.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave is expected to cause scattered showers and a few thunderstorms over the islands of the Lesser Antilles from later tonight and continuing into tomorrow.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.