6:00 am Weather Report
Date: 20th November, 2019
Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 26° C or 79 °F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25 °C or 77 °F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south at 12 mph or 19 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil.
Total rainfall for the month of November so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 93.8 mm.
Sunset today: 5:32 pm Sunrise tomorrow: 6:06 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 12 mph or
19 km/h becoming lighter and variable at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers, some of which may be heavy in some locations 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: High at 10:50 am….Low at 3:58 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 11:57 am….Low at 5:25 pm.
Seas: moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance
of isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere around the Eastern Caribbean
region will cause some showery periods and possibly isolated thunderstorms
over the islands during the next 24 hours.
At 5:00 am today, the center of Tropical Storm Sebastien was located near latitude 21.0 North, longitude 61.0 West, or about 235 miles or 380 kilometers northeast of the northern Leeward islands. Sebastien is moving toward the northwest near 8 mph or 13 km/h. A turn to the north northwest and north is expected later today. Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 50 mph or 85 km/h with higher gusts.
Sebastien is forecast to remain over the open Atlantic Ocean and is not expected to pose a direct threat to our region.
A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward
near 10 mph or 17 km/h.