6:00 am Weather Report

Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

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 northeast at 6 mph or 9 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 September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace.

Sunset today: 6:14 pm.                              Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.            

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy skies, with 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: High at present…Low at 11:33 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 6:55 am…Low at 1:00 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A surface trough will cause increased cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the region on Wednesday.

A broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic, has a high chance of developing into a tropical depression during the next 48 hours. This system is expected to remain over the eastern and central tropical Atlantic during the next 5 days.