6 PM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 31st October, 2021

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 9 mph or 15 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.4 mm              

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 157.0 mm       

Sunset today: 5:36 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 5:58 am  

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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

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

Tides for Castries Harbour:Low at present… High at 12:41 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 7:36 am… High at 01:48 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with some widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region, during the next few days.

Low level clouds drifting along the wind flow may cause some scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.   

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.

An area of disturbed weather located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving west-northwestward near 13 mph or 20 km/h. This system has a low chance of development during the next five days and is not expected to pose a threat to our region.