6:00 am Weather Report 17th November, 2021

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport:  6.3 mm.     

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 32.0 mm.    

Sunset today: 5:32 pm           Sunrise tomorrow: 6:05 am 

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east-northeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour:Low at 7:52 am…High at 2:15 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:19 am…High at 3:22 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northerly to northeasterly swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to above normal seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate to brisk easterly winds and locally rough seas across the Eastern Caribbean during the forecast period.

Patches of low-level cloud drifting along this wind flow will cause some widely scattered showers over the eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours.

A weak surface trough located over the central Tropical Atlantic is slowly drifting westward.  

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