6:00 am Weather Report 18th October, 2021

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.           

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 151.3 mm.

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 10 mph or 17 km/h, becoming lighter and variable or calm at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers at first, becoming occasionally cloudy with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms from this afternoon into tonight.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:04 am…High at 2:30 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:31 am…High at 3:37 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair skies becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers and a slight chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A weak tropical wave located just east of the Lesser Antilles, will cause occasional cloudiness with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern half of our region during the next 24 hours.

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

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic during the next five days.