6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 24th October, 2023
Forecaster: Venantius Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 25°C or 77°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 92%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: Trace. 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
Sunset today: 5:39 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and southeast near 12 mph
or 29 km/h, becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA.
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present… High at 12:41 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 7:28 am… High at 1:48 pm.
Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with widely scattered showers.
A surface trough which is moving westward across the region will cause some cloudiness and showers over the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, the center of Hurricane Tammy was located near latitude 23.7 degrees north, longitude 63.8 degrees west or 605 miles…975 km south-southeast of Bermuda. Tammy is moving toward the north-northeast near 9 mph or 15 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.