6:00 pm Weather Report 30 October 2019

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 30th October, 2019

Forecaster: Thomas Auguste   

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport 27 °C or 81 °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 08 mph or 13 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 16.7 mm     at GFL Charles Airport: 32.0 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 86.6 mm     at GFL Charles Airport: 159.7 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:58 am.   Sunset tomorrow: 5:36 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east northeast and east southeast near 14 mph or 23 km/h becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 11:39 pm… High at 6:18 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 01:06 am… High at 7:25 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms across the Windward Islands. Elsewhere, it will be fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A shear line will continue to cause some cloudy periods with showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.

 A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h/ This system is expected to cause some showery periods over the islands tomorrow and Friday.

 A second tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.