6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 20th October, 2024
Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.
Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 82%.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 7 mph or 11 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 7.1 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 13.1 mm
Total rainfall for the month of October thus far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 53.7 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 83.3 mm
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:56 am Sunset tomorrow: 5:41 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: Fair and hazy, occasionally becoming cloudy with some scattered light to moderate showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 12:22 am… High at 7:03 am
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:16 pm…Low at 1:49 am…High at 8:10 am
Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 6 feet or 0.9 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy and hazy with widely scattered showers.
The Atlantic High pressure system will generate light to moderate easterly winds and seas across the Eastern Caribbean region during the next 24 hours. Patches of low level clouds drifting in the wind flow will produce occasional showers across the region during the forecast period.
A plume of Saharan dust haze is expected to cause a reduction in visibility and air quality across the region during the next couple of days.
A tropical wave located over the central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the next 7 days.