6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 17th October, 2020
Forecaster: E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east near 14 mph or 22 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 10.4 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 3.2 mm
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 118.8 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 155.1 mm

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am Sunset tomorrow: 5:42 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east southeast and east northeast
near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair 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: 10:14 pm… High at 4:56 am
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at: 11:41 pm… High at 6:03 am
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
A tropical wave will continue to cause scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the central portion of the lesser Antilles during the forecast period.

A surface trough about 500 miles east of the Lesser Antilles remains nearly stationary.

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