6:00 am Weather Report 24th October, 2020

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 24th October, 2020

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 29°C or 84°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 25 mph or 41 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport:  8.3 mm.  

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 132.6 mm.

Sunset today: 5:39 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:57 am.           

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 24 mph or 39 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy and breezy with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:37 am… Low at 3:59 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 12:44 pm… Low at 5:26 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly swells

      6 to 9 feet or 1.8 to 2.7 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to brisk winds and rough seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the southern Windward Islands, partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A relatively dryer and more stable atmosphere with brisk easterly winds is expected over Eastern Caribbean region as a tropical wave moves away from the region.

Another tropical wave located about a few hundred miles east of the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.  This wave is expected to produce an increase in cloudiness, showers and isolated thunderstorms over the region by Monday.

A third tropical wave located over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.