6:00 pm Weather Report 05 November 2019

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 5th November, 2019

Forecaster: Thomas Auguste   

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport 29 °C or 84 °F.

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 21 mph or 33 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 3.7 mm     At GFL Charles Airport: 0.9 mm

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 31.9 mm    At GFL Charles Airport: 15.7 mm

Sunrise tomorrow 6:00 am    Sunset tomorrow: 5:34 pm.          

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east southeast near 21 mph or 33 km/h, with occasional gusts.

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

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present… High at 10:52 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 6:02 pm… High at 11:59 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and 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 brisk winds and rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the Windward Islands it will be partly cloudy to cloudy with some scattered showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Over the rest of the region it will be generally fair, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

 A tropical wave moving westward across the Windward Islands, will cause some showery periods and possibly thunderstorms over those islands during the next 24 hours.

  Two other tropical waves located over the eastern tropical Atlantic and near the west African coast are moving westward near 14 mph or 23 km/h.

  Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days.