6:00 pm Weather Report

By SLUMET

Forecaster: Lucious Frederick

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at George Charles Airport is fair.

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

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30°C or 86°F.

Relative humidity at Hewanorra Airport is 69%.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east northeast at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 9.5 mm.        At George Charles airport: nil.

Total rainfall for the month of November so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 154.9 mm.      At George Charles airport: 150.6 mm.

 Sunrise tomorrow: 6:09 am.      Sunset tomorrow…….5:32 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and northeast near 17 mph or 28 km/h.

Weather: Fair skies, becoming cloudy  at times with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 8:36 pm….High at 3:24 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 10:03 pm… High at 4:31 am.

Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and northeasterly 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

above normal seas.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few scattered showers, over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, generally fair skies.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate, easterly to north-easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean region for the next few days.

A weak shear line drifting southward, will cause occasional cloudy periods with showers mostly over the southern Windward Islands, during the forecast period.

A weak surface trough is expected to affect the southern Lesser Antilles by tomorrow.