6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 12th October, 2023
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 82%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 9 mph or 15 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 7.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 159.3 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 59.1 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am. Sunset tomorrow : 5:45 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter or calm at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few isolated showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA.
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:21 pm… High at 2:50 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:48 pm… High at 3:57 am.
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet or 0.9 to 1.5 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers, mainly over the northern and central Lesser Antilles.
Weak unstable conditions over the region, will continue to cause occasional cloudiness with showers over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Storm Sean was located near latitude 13.8 degrees north, longitude 38.2 degrees west. Sean is moving toward the northwest near 12 mph or 19 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph or 65 km/h, with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next
few days.
A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h. This system has a low chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 7 days.