6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 14th October, 2023
Forecaster: Venantius Descartes
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 32°C or 90°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 78 %.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil At GFL Charles Airport: nil
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 159.3 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 59.8 mm
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:44 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east-southeast near 10 mph or 17 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Generally fair skies, with a chance of isolated showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA.
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 9:33 pm… High at 4:07 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 11:00 pm… High at 5:14 am.
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 showers.
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate east-southeasterly to easterly winds across the Lesser Antilles, over the next few days. Low level cloud patches drifting along this wind flow will cause a few brief showers over the region during the forecast period.
…Sean Moving Northwestward
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Depression Sean was located near latitude 16.5 degrees north, longitude 44.8 degrees west or about 1210 miles or 1950 KM east of the northern Leeward Islands.
Sean is moving toward the northwest near 9 mph or 15 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h, with higher gusts. Additional weakening is anticipated over the weekend.
An area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 9 mph or 15 km/h. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation during the next 48 hours.
Another tropical wave located over the far eastern Tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 9 mph or 15 km/h.