6:00 pm Weather Report 12th November, 2019

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

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 at 13 mph or 20 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 16.2 mm    At GFL Charles Airport: 7.1 mm.   

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 86.9 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 40.5 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:03 am        Sunset tomorrow: 5:33 pm.   

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east-northeast near 16 mph or 26 km/h becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some          scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 09:48 pm… High at 4:26 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:15 pm… High at 5:33 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers mainly over the southern part of our region. Further north it will be generally fair.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere along with favourable upper level conditions, will cause some showery periods mainly over the southern Eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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