6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 15th October, 2024

Forecaster: Shemma Joseph

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.

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 15 mph or 24 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.7 mm.         At GFL Charles Airport: 6.2 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of October thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 33.5 mm.        At GFL Charles Airport: 68.3 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am.       Sunset tomorrow: 5:43 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: Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 7:59 pm… High at 2:42 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 9:26 pm… High at 3:49 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.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Weak unstable conditions will cause some scattered showers over parts 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 12 mph or 19 km/h. This system has a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation, during the next seven days.