6:00 pm Weather Report

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 16th 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 32°C or 90°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 76%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 13 mph or 20 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 3.5 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: trace.

Total rainfall for the month of October thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 37.0 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 68.3 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am.            Sunset tomorrow: 5:42 pm.               

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 14 mph or 22 km/h.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:51 pm… High at 3:35 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:  Low at 10:18 pm… High at 4:42 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy at times, with widely scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moist and unstable conditions will cause some widely scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over 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 21 mph or 33 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation, during the next seven days.