6:00 am Weather report 12/10/2023

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 12th October, 2023

Forecaster: Andre Joyeux

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26°C or 79°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 82%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 3.8 mm.    

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 152.3 mm.   

Sunset today: 5:46 pm.          Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am.             

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: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with a few scattered showers. 

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:37 am…High at 2:49 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 9:40 am…High at 3:33 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers. 

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Relatively moist and unstable conditions over the region, will cause occasional cloudiness with scattered showers across the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.

At 5:00 am today, the center of Tropical Depression Sean was located near latitude 12.5 degrees north, longitude 36.7 degrees west. Sean is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph or 19 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h, with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 72 hours.

A tropical wave located over the far 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.