6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 04th October, 2023
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 84%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 10 mph or
17 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: 90.0 mm.
Sunset today: 5:51 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east-southeast near 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Weather: partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few brief showers at first, becoming generally cloudy, with scattered light to moderate showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms, from tonight into tomorrow.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:44 am…Low at 12:04 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 8:51 am…Low at 01:31 pm.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Cloudy to overcast with some scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands. Elsewhere, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a few brief showers at first, becoming generally cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers and possible isolated thunderstorms from tonight.
Moisture and instability associated with Tropical Storm Philippe will continue to cause cloudiness with scattered showers, and possible isolated thunderstorms, over the Leeward and northern Windward Islands during the next 24 hours.
A tropical wave located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is expected to affect the region from tonight into tomorrow.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h.
At 5:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Philippe was located near latitude 20.5 degrees North, longitude 65.5 degrees West or about 150 miles or 240 kilometers north-northwest of St. Thomas. Philippe is moving toward the northwest near 9 mph or 15 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.