6:00 pm Weather Report 19th November, 2021

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy with recent showers.

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

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°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 pm today:

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.          At GFL Charles Airport: 1.8 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 46.4 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 66.0 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 6:06 am.      Sunset tomorrow: 5:32 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

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 10:03 pm… High at 4:36 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:30 pm… High at 5:43 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered light to moderate showers, over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, fair skies occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a weak surface trough, will cause some cloudy periods with scattered showers, mainly over the northern half of our region during the next 24 hours.

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

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