6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 19th October, 2022
Forecaster: E. Francis

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 32°C or 90°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 3.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 2.2 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 131.7 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 188.5 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:41 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some
scattered showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:33 pm…Low at 6:32 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 6:36 pm…High at 12:40 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
An approaching weak tropical wave, interacting with an upper level trough system, will cause occasional cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms across the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

Another tropical wave associated with an area of low pressure, located over the central Tropical Atlantic is drifting westward near 6 mph or 9 km/h.

A third tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is also drifting westward near 9 mph or 15 km/h.

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