6:00 pm Weather Report

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 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 southeast at 6 mph or 9 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.          At GFL Charles Airport: 6.7 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 93.8 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 67.4 mm.          

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:06 am.                          Sunset tomorrow: 5:32 pm.       

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms during the night.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 10:30 pm…Low at 4:54 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 11:37 pm…Low at 6:21 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere over the Eastern Caribbean region will continue to cause some showery periods and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the islands during the next 24 hours.

At 5:00 pm today, the centre of Tropical Storm Sebastien was located near latitude 21.7 North, longitude 61.5 West, or about 265 miles or 425 kilometres north-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Sebastien is moving toward the north near 6 mph or 9 km/h. A turn to the northeast with an increase in forward speed is expected tonight and Thursday. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph or 85 km/h with higher gusts.

Sebastien is forecast to remain over the open Atlantic Ocean and is not expected to pose a direct threat to our region.

A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.