6:00 pm Weather Report 16th October, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

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

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

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 82%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 19.2 mm        At GFL Charles Airport: nil.

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 178.5 mm.       At GFL Charles Airport: 59.8 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am.            Sunset tomorrow: 5:43 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 at times.  

Weather: Partly cloudy skies becoming cloudy at times, with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms. 

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:49 pm… High at 5:30 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 12:16 am… High at 6:37 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south, partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Elsewhere, fair skies becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers. 

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moist and unstable conditions over the southern Lesser Antilles, will cause some cloudy periods with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south, during the next 24 hours.

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate light to moderate easterly winds across the Lesser Antilles over the next few days. Low-level cloud drifting with the wind flow will cause a few showers over the northern and central portions of the region during the forecast period.  

An area of low pressure located over the central 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 seven days.

A tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.