6:00 pm Weather Report Date: 19th October, 2019

Forecasters: Vigil Saltibus & 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.

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

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 0.4 mm.    At GFL Charles Airport: 1.4 mm.        

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 50.4 mm.  At GFL Charles Airport: 115.1 mm.  

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:55 am.          Sunset tomorrow: 5:41 pm.       

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 15 mph or 24 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:43 pm…Low at 2:08 am…High at 09:04 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:50 pm…Low at 3:35 am…High at 10:11 am.

Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, with some scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere over the Eastern Caribbean region will cause a few showery periods over parts of the island chain, during the next 24 hours.

Two tropical waves located over the central and far eastern tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.