6:00 pm Weather Report 18th Oct, 2020

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 18th October, 2020

Forecaster: Avlon Charlery

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

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 northeast near 6 mph or 9 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport:  trace    At GFL Charles Airport: 36.2 mm    

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 118.8 mm   At GFL Charles Airport: 191.3 mm

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am             Sunset tomorrow: 5:41 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast

near 9 mph or 15 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few showers. There is a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 11:07 pm…High at 5:48 am

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 12:34 am…High at 6:55 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 widely scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A light wind regime is expected over the region for the next few days.

Two tropical waves over the central Tropical Atlantic are both moving westward at about 12  mph or 19 km/h. The first wave is expected to begin affecting the region by mid-week.