WEATHER REPORT

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 08th September, 2019

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra airport is 30 c or 86 f.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32 c or 90 f.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is east-southeast at 8 mph or 13 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: Trace           At GFL Charles: 4.0 mm

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 23.6 mm         At GFL Charles: 23.8 mm

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.           Sunset tomorrow: 6:09 pm

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the southeast and east near 12 mph or 19 km/h, becoming lighter and variable at times.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies with a few showers and a chance of Isolated thunderstorms tonight. Tomorrow, fair skies becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 12:04 am… Low at 7:03 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 6:35 pm… High at 1:11 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 3 to 5 feet of 0.9 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy to cloudy at times with a few scattered showers over the Northern Leeward Island. Elsewhere, fair skies becoming cloudy at times With a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a trough located a few hundred miles northeast of the Leeward Islands, will produce some cloudy periods and showers over that area during the forecast period.

A tropical wave located over the Central Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave will bring in some cloudiness and showers over The Lesser Antilles by tomorrow.

A broad area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic. This system could become a tropical depression by the middle of this week, while it moves westward across the Central Tropical Atlantic Ocean.

A third tropical wave located over the Far Eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.