6:00 pm Weather Report 21st October, 2022

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair with showers nearby.

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: 3.3 mm         At GFL Charles Airport: 4.0 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 176.5 mm        At GFL Charles Airport: 224.7 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 am.       Sunset tomorrow: 5:39 pm.           

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:58 pm… High at 1:25 am.  

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:25 pm… High at 2:32 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies occasionally becoming cloudy with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The atmosphere over the region remains sufficiently moist and unstable to produce some cloudy periods with widely scattered showers over the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

Two tropical waves located over the western and central Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h and 12 mph or 19 km/h respectively.

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