6:00 pm weather report

6:00 PM Weather Report

Date: 05th October, 2020

Forecaster: EMMANUEL DESCARTES

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 29°C or 84°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 21.9 mm         At GFL Charles Airport: 14.8 mm

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 55.8 mm         At GFL Charles Airport: 74.9 mm

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am          Sunset tomorrow: 5:49 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 12 mph or

19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers and  

         isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 11:57 pm… High at 6:27 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 6:22 pm… Low at 1:24 am.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Cloudy at times with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

An upper level trough system will continue to cause cloudiness, scattered showers

and possibly thunderstorms over our region, during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over the Western Tropical Atlantic is moving westward

near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system is expected to affect our region late on

Wednesday into Thursday.