6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 5th November, 2019
Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy with showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport 28 °C or 82 °F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26 °C or 79 °F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 20 mph or 31 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.2 mm
Total rainfall for the month of November so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 31.1 mm
Sunset today 5:34 pm Sunrise tomorrow 6:00 am
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h, with a few gusts.
Weather: Fair and hazy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:36 am… Low at 4:35 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 6:14 am… High at 12:43 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
Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Leeward Islands and Southern portion of the region. Elsewhere, fair skies becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability along with favourable upper level conditions, will continue to cause some showery periods and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Leeward Islands today.
A tropical wave is expected to cause an increase in cloudiness and showers mainly over the southern part of our region during the next 24 hours.
A second tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days.