6:00 pm Weather Report 14th October, 2024

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 14th October, 2024

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy.

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

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 74%.

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: 15.6 mm.      

Total rainfall for the month of October thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 31.8 mm         At GFL Charles Airport: 62.1 mm.              

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am             Sunset tomorrow: 5:44 pm               

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy and slightly hazy becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers.

MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:04 pm…High at 1:46 am…Low at 7:37 am

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 8:31 pm…High at 2:53 am…Low at 9:04 am

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with widely scattered showers over the Windward Islands and areas further south tonight. Tomorrow, fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Weak unstable conditions in the wake of a tropical wave will cause some scattered showers mainly during the night, over the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, during the forecast period.

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