6 PM Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 16th October, 2020

Forecaster: Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy with showers.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.

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

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south southeast near

16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport:  9.7 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport:   7.0 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 108.4 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 151.9 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am             Sunset tomorrow: 5:43 pm             

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 14 mph

or 20 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 09:22 pm….High at: 4:04 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 10:49 pm….High at: 5:11 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

 Moisture and instability in the atmosphere over the Lesser Antilles, will cause some showers over portions of the region during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward at about 12 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the southern portion of region late tomorrow.

A second tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.