6:00 am Weather Report 12th October, 2020

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 24°C or 75°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 7 mph or 11 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 7.8 mm.                   

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 77.1 mm.           

Sunset today: 5:45 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies, with 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 6:12 am… High at 12:54 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 7:39 am… High at 02:01 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

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

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a surface trough, will continue to cause occasional cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located about 900 miles east of the Windward Islands is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h. Showers and thunderstorms associated with this system has become slightly more organized and some additional development is possible during the next day or so. This system is expected to affect our region from Wednesday into Thursday.