6:00 pm weather report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 20th 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 27°C or 81°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86° F .

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or

26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 41.5 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 32.2 mm.     

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 173.2 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 220.7 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am.        Sunset tomorrow: 5:40 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:09 pm… High at 12:34 am.  

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 7:36 pm… Higgh at 1:41 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the central Windward Islands and areas further south, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair to partly cloudy with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A slow moving tropical wave, interacting with an upper level trough system,

will continue to cause occasional cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

Another tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is drifting westward near 8 mph or 13 km/h.

A third tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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