6:00 am Weather Report 18th October, 2024

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 18th October, 2024

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28°C or 82°F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 80%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.4 mm

Total rainfall for the month of October thus far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 37.4 mm

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 15 mph or 24 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 09:22 am…High at 3:45 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 10:49 am…High at 4:52 pm.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Mostly cloudy, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Leeward Islands. Elsewhere, fair skies becoming cloudy at times with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moist and unstable conditions associated with a tropical wave accompanied by an area of low pressure, will cause cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms over the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles, during the next 24 hours. This system is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h and has a low chance of tropical cyclone development, during the next seven days.

Another tropical wave has emerged off the African coast and is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.