6 PM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 15th October, 2021

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

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

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south-southeast at 10 mph or 17 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.4 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 2.0 mm.     

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 151.3 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport: 203.5 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 east-southeast and southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 12:28 am…Low at 6:54 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 7:04 pm…High at 01:35 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and  a chance of isolated thunderstorms, over the northern Windward and Leeward Islands. Further south, fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Light to moderate southeasterly winds will continue around the lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

A trough system in the vicinity of the northern Lesser Antilles, will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over these islands, during the forecast period.

Two other tropical waves located over the central and eastern Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.