6 pm weather report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 2nd November, 2019

Forecaster:  Glenn Antoine   

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport 28 °C or 82 °F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31 °C or 88 °F.

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

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 1.5 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.6 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 1.5 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:59 am                       Sunset tomorrow: 5:35 pm.         

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

16 mph or 26 km/h, becoming lighter and variable at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered showers and a chance

         of isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:05 pm…Low at 2:35 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay  : High at 8:12 pm…Low at 4:02 am.

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 extreme caution

due to heavy swells especially to the north of the island.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy, with some scattered showers

and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability along with favorable upper level conditions, will

generate some showery periods and possibly isolated thunderstorms across the

Eastern Caribbean during the next 24 hours. 

A tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is

moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving

westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the

next 5 days.