6:00 am Weather Report

Forecasters: Hyacinthia Camille & Venantius Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 27°C or 81°F.

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 20 mph or

31 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: 41.8 mm.  

Sunset today: 5:35 pm      Sunrise tomorrow: 5:59 am.      

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 21 mph or 33 km/h.

Weather: Fair to occasionally cloudy, hazy and breezy with a few brief showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 6:16 am….Low at: 10:48 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 7:23 am….Low at: 12:15 pm.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and swells 5 to 7 feet or 1.5 to 2.1 metres.

Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to reduced visibility, brisk winds and above normal seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy, hazy and breezy with a few brief scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High Pressure System will continue to maintain moderate to brisk easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean, during the next couple of days. Patches of low level cloud drifting along this wind flow will trigger a few showers over the islands, during the next 24 hours.

A layer of thick Saharan dust will cause hazy conditions to persist over the region for the next few days.

Two tropical waves located over the western and central Tropical Atlantic are moving westward near 12 mph or 19 km/h.

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days.