6:00 am Weather Report

6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 17th October, 2022
Forecaster: E. Francis

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.
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 east northeast at 9 mph or 15 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 128.6 mm.

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies 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 10:28 am…Low at 1:54 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 11:35 am…Low at 3:21 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 3 feet or 0.6 to 0.9 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy skies with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High Pressure System will generate light to moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region during the next few days. Patches of low level clouds drifting along the wind flow, will cause a few showers over parts of the region during the forecast period.

A weak tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

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

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