6:00 pm weather report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 12th October, 2020

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°F.

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

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 28.0 mm.          At GFL Charles Airport: 9.4 mm.         

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 9741 mm.          At GFL Charles Airport: 128.8 mm.   

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

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 skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers and a chance of thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: L0w at present.. High: at 12:22 am..next Low:6:54 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 07:09 pm… High at 1:29 am.

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 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 700 miles east of the Windward Islands is moving

west northwestward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has become better defined. However, upper level winds have become less conducive for development.

This wave is expected to affect our region from Wednesday into Thursday.