6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 10th October, 2024
Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
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 33°C or 91°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 73%.
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: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: trace.
Total rainfall for the month of October thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 22.8 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 39.0 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am. Sunset tomorrow: 5:46 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Weather: Generally fair and hazy, with a few isolated showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 8:36 pm… Low at 4:38 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 9:43 pm… Low at 6:05 am.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair to partly cloudy and hazy, with a few brief showers.
A relatively dry and stable atmosphere over the Eastern Caribbean region, will result in mostly fair weather conditions over the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours.
Saharan dust haze in varying concentrations will impact visibility and air quality across the region, during the forecast period.
At 5:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Leslie was located near latitude 23.9 north, longitude 50.9 west. Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 70 mph or 110 km/h, with higher gusts. Leslie is expected to continue moving away from the Lesser Antilles and does not pose a threat to our region.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Another tropical wave has emerged off the west coast of Africa and is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h. This system has a low chance of tropical cyclone development, during the next several days.