6 Am Weather Report

6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 06th September, 2019

Forecasters: Glenn Antoine

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra airport is 25 c or 77 f.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25 c or 77 f.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is calm.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 4.8       

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 23.6 mm.         

Sunset today: 6:12 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 southeast near

8 mph or 13 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few isolated showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 10:28 am…Low at 2:44 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 11:35 am…Low at 4:11 pm.

Seas: Slight with wave 2 to 4 feet of 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to occasionally cloudy skies, with a few scattered showers mainly over the Leeward Islands.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with a westward moving wave is located a few hundred miles east of the Leeward Islands. Some slow development of this system is possible during the next 5 days while it moves slowly northwestward.

Another tropical wave associated with Gabrielle is located over the central tropical Atlantic is and is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

A third tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.  This wave has the potential to become a tropical depression early next week while it moves westward across the tropical Atlantic Ocean.

…GABRIELLE BECOMES A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC…

…REGENERATION INTO A TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER THE WEEKEND…

At 5:00 am today, the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle was located near latitude 25.5 North, longitude 37.6 West. Gabrielle is moving toward the northwest near 12 mph or 19 km/h over the open Atlantic Ocean, and does not

pose a threat to the Lesser Antilles.