6:00 pm Weather Report 25th October, 2019

Forecasters: Vigil Saltibus & Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

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 32 °C or 90 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 5.1 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 4.3 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 68.2 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 125.6 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:57 am.       Sunset tomorrow: 5:38 pm.                

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the northeast and east near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:26 pm… High at 2:09 am… Low at 7:48 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:53 pm… High at 3:16 am… Low at 9:15 am.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The lower atmosphere over our region will remain sufficiently moist and unstable to produce some showery periods over the islands during the next 24 hours.

A weak tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving very slowly westward at about 06 mph or 09 km/h.

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