6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 16th October, 2022

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

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 12 mph or 29 km/h.

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

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

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 128.6 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 186.3 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am.            Sunset tomorrow: 5:43 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:38 pm…Low at 3:42 am.   

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 8:45 pm…Low at 5:09 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A weak tropical wave will continue to cause some widely scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours. 

Two other tropical waves located over the western and central Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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