6:00 am Weather Report 08th October, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28°C or 82°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 82%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 16 mph or 26 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: 146.4 mm.

Sunset today: 5:48 pm      Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am            

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present… High at 12:50 pm.  

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 7:27 am… High at 1:57 pm.  

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers over the Leeward and Windward Islands. Further south, partly cloudy to cloudy skies with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-pressure system, will continue to generate light to moderate east-southeasterly to easterly winds across the region over the next few days. 

Patches of low-level clouds drifting along the wind flow, will cause some showers over most of the region during the forecast period.

The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone will be active over Trinidad and Tobago during the next 24 hours.

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

Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 9 mph or 15 km/h. The system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven (7) days.