6:00 pm Weather Report 30th October, 2023

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 31°C or 88°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 79%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 26.0 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 14.1 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 258.1 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport: 183.7 mm.             

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:58 am        Sunset tomorrow: 5:36 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 15 mph or 24 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 11:05 pm… High at 5:44 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 12:31 am… High at 6:51 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers and a chance isolated thunderstorm.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Lingering moisture and instability in the wake of a trough system, will cause a few cloudy periods with showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms across the Lesser Antilles during the forecast period.

A surface trough located over the western Tropical Atlantic is drifting slowly westward. This system is expected to affect our region from Wednesday night.