WEATHER FORECAST

6:00 pm weather Report

Date: 3rd November, 2019

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste   

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

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 30 or 86 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 27.3 mm   At GFL Charles Airport: 10.4 mm

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 27.9 mm    At GFL Charles Airport: 11.9 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-southeast and east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a few scattered showers and a  slight chance of isolated thunderstorms.

Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding and landslides are asked to be vigilant, since the ground may already be saturated in some areas.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:09 pm…Low at 3:44 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:16 pm…Low at 5:11 am.

Seas: Moderate to Locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 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 to cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A weak tropical wave will generate some showery periods and possibly isolated thunderstorms across the Eastern Caribbean, during the next 24 hours. 

Another tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

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