6:00 Pm weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 12th October, 2024

Forecaster: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.

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

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 70%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 17 mph or 28 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace.          At GFL Charles Airport: 4.0 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 22.8 mm.      At GFL Charles Airport: 44.0 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:54 am                       Sunset tomorrow: 5:45 pm                   

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-southeast and east near 16 mph or 26 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy, 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 11:33 pm…Low at 6:23 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 12:40 am…Low at 7:50 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy and hazy, with widely scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Weak unstable conditions will cause some scattered showers over parts of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period. A mid to upper-level trough will be causing some unsettled weather conditions over the region from tomorrow.

Saharan dust haze in varying concentrations will impact visibility and air quality across the region, during the next few days.

A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. Another tropical wave associated with an area of low pressure located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 20 mph or 31 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation, during the next several days.