6 Pm Weather Report

6:00 Pm Weather Report

Date: 27th October, 2019

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine    

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 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace.      At GFL Charles Airport:   0.5 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 69.4 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 126.3 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:57 am.              Sunset tomorrow: 5:37 pm.            

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 17 mph

or 28 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, 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 09:11 pm…High at 3:53 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 10:38 pm…High at 5:00 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly

      swells 6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.7 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Weak unstable conditions will cause a few scattered showers to develop over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

Two tropical waves located over the Central and Eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next 48 hours.