6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 03rd October, 2023
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus/Shemma Joseph
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is overcast.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 82%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 12 mph or
19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 1.1 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 90.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 12.6 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:51 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east-southeast near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Weather: Mostly cloudy skies at first becoming partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a few showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present… Low at 1:11 am… High at 7:44 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 7:03 pm… Low at 2:38 am… High at 8:51 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Cloudy to overcast with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, generally cloudy skies, becoming partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with a few showers.
Moisture and instability associated with Tropical Storm Philippe will continue to cause cloudiness with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Storm Philippe was located near latitude 19.6 degrees North, longitude 64.9 degrees West or about 85 miles or 135 kilometers north of St. Thomas. Philippe is moving toward the northwest near 12 mph or 19 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph or 75 km/h, with higher gusts. On the forecast track, the center of Philippe is expected to move away from the Virgin Islands. Interests in the Leeward Islands should continue to monitor the progress of this system.
A tropical wave located over the western Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h. This wave is expected to begin affecting our region by early Thursday.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.