6:00 am Weather Report 29th October, 2019

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus    

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26 °C or 79 °F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26 °C or 79 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 9 mph or 15 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.5 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 69.9 mm.

Sunset today: 5:37 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:58 am.     

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 09:42 am… High at 04:07 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:09 am… High at 05:14 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly swells 6 to 8 feet  or 1.8 to 2.4 metres.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies to cloudy skies with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms across the northern Windward islands and the extreme southern islands. Elsewhere, fair skies occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A dissipating frontal boundary over the northern Windward islands will produce periods of cloudiness, scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

Lingering moisture and instability in the wake of a tropical will produce periods of cloudiness and scattered showers over the far southern Eastern Caribbean islands during the next 24 hours. 

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