6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 09th October, 2023

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus/Shemma Joseph

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 33°C or 91°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 71%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 2.1  mm   At GFL Charles Airport: 4.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 148.5 mm.  At GFL Charles a Airport: 53.9 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am.      Sunset tomorrow: 5:47 pm.            

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 14 mph or 22 km/h.  

Weather: Partly cloudy skies becoming occasionally cloudy with scattered light to moderate showers. 

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 6:08 pm… High at 12:44 am… Low at 7:20 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 7:35 pm… High at 1:51 am… Low at 8:47 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies occasionally becoming cloudy, with some scattered light to moderate showers mainly over the northern and central Windward Islands.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate easterly winds across the region over the next few days.

Moist and unstable conditions over the central portion of the region will generate some cloudiness with scattered showers during the forecast period. 

A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. The system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next seven (7) days.