6 PM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 06th October, 2020

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is overcast with light rain.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is overcast.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 8.9 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 25.3 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 64.7 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 100.2 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-northeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter or calm at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a few scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:43 am… High at 7:16 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   high at 06:55 pm… Low at 2:10 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Generally cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Leeward Islands.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

An upper level trough system will continue to cause cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over our region, during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located just east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the region from late Wednesday into Thursday.