6:00 am Weather Report 22nd November, 2019

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 23° C   or 73 °F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 23 °C or 73 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.      

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 93.8 mm.  

Sunset today: 5:32 pm.     Sunrise tomorrow: 6:07 am.              

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the northeast near 8 mph or 13 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.

Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered            showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 12:24 pm…Low at 6:26 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 07:10 am…High at 1:31 pm.

Seas: Slight to Moderate with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells      3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showersand a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

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

At 5:00 am today, the centre of Tropical Storm Sebastien was located near latitude 24.8 North, longitude 57.0 West, or about 600 miles or 965 kilometres north northeast of the northern Leeward Islands. Sebastien is moving toward the east-northeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h. An east-northeast to northeast motion is expected during the next few days. Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph or 95 km/h with higher gusts. Gradual weakening is expected, and Sebastien is forecast to become a post-tropical cyclone this weekend.

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

A tropical wave located several hundred miles east of the Eastern Caribbean ismoving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Two other tropical wave located over the central and eastern tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 09 mph or 15 km/h and 12 mph or 19 km/h respectively.