6:00 am Weather Report

Forecasters: Hyacinthia Camille/Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 24°C or 75 °F.

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is clam.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.4 mm.             

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 97.8 mm.  

Sunset today: 5:44 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am.        

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

or 19 km/h, becoming lighter and variable at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy a few showers at first becoming cloudy to overcast with moderate to heavy showers and thunderstorms by this afternoon.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:33 am… High at 2:01 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:00 am… High at 3:08 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Generally cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

An upper level trough system together with an approaching tropical wave, will cause widespread cloudiness, scattered showers and thunderstorms over our region, during the next 12 to 36 hours. This wave is associated with a broad area of low pressure. This system is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h and is expected to begin affecting our region by this afternoon.

Another tropical wave located over the Central Tropical Atlantic is movingwestward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

A third tropical wave, just off the west African coast is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.