WEATHER FORECAST

6:00 AM Weather Report

Date: 30th October, 2019

Forecasters: Maclean Jn Baptiste    

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport 24 °C or 75 °F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24 °C or 75 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the north at 8 mph or 13 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 16.7 mm      

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 86.6 mm     

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeasterly near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few light to moderate showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: low at 10:21 am… High at 4:46 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 06:36 am…low at 11:48 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly swells 5 to 8 feet or 1.5 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 to cloudy skies with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms across the Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.


TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a shear line will result in some cloudy periods, showers and possibly thunderstorms mainly over the Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h and is expected to affect the Lesser Antilles by Thursday.

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