6:00 PM WEATHER REPORT

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 02nd October, 2022

Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.      At GFL Charles Airport: 2.6 mm. 

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: nil.      At GFL Charles Airport: 2.6 mm. 

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.                                    Sunset tomorrow: 5:52 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-northeast near 16 mph or

26 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming occasionally cloudy with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:12 pm… Low at 4:07 am.   

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 9:09 pm… Low at 5:34 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy, becoming generally cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms mainly over the Windward Islands and areas further south from tonight.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Patches of low level cloud drifting along the wind flow will cause widely scattered showers over the Eastern Caribbean region.

A low-level trough just east of the Lesser Antilles is expected to affect mainly the southern portion of the region from late tonight into Monday.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic has a low chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next five days.This wave is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h and is expected to affect our region on Wednesday into Thursday.

Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This wave has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 5 days.