6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 23rd October, 2023
Forecaster: Glenn Antoine
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 77%.
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: 1.4 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 0.5 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of October so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 212.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 77.0 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:39 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east-southeast near
14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few brief showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA.
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 11:17 pm…Low at 6:01 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 12:24 am…Low at 7:28 am.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Over the northern Leeward Islands, generally cloudy with scattered showers, which may be heavy in some locations and isolated thunderstorms. Further south, fair to partly cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers.
Rain bands associated with Hurricane Tammy will continue to cause cloudiness, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the northern Leeward Islands, during the forecast period.
Moist and unstable conditions in the atmosphere will cause occasional cloudiness, scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, over the central and southern portions of the region during the next 24 hours.
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Hurricane Tammy was located near latitude 22.3 degrees north, longitude 63.6 degrees west. Tammy is moving toward the north-northeast near 7 mph or 11 km/h. Maximum sustained winds are near 75 mph or 120 km/h, with higher gusts. Swells generated by Tammy will continue to affect portions of the Leeward Islands during the next two days.
A surface trough located a few hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is expected to affect our region by tomorrow.