6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 22nd October, 2019
Forecaster: E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29 °C or 84 °F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32 °C or 90 °F.
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 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: Trace. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 54.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 117.4 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:40 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 10:40 pm… Low at 5:35 am
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 11:47 pm… Low at 7:02 am
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A tropical wave just to the east of the Lesser Antilles is expected to cause some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the region during the forecast period.

Two other tropical waves located over the central and eastern tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next 5 days.