6 AM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 19th October, 2021

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 26°C or 79°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 7 mph or 11 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: trace     

Total rainfall for the month of October so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 151.3 mm       

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east-southeast near 10 mph or 17 km/h, becoming lighter and variable at times.

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with some scattered showers 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: Low at 08:34 am… High at 2:54 pm

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 10:01 am… High at 4:01 pm

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, fair skies, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A weak tropical wave together with a trough system, will cause cloudiness with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the southern half of our region during the next 24 hours.

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

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