6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 16th September, 2019
Forecaster: E.Francis
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is overcast with rain.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is overcast.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28 °C or 82 °F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 29 °C or 84 ° F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east near 18 mph
or 30 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 14.5 mm. At GFL Charles airport: 50.6 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 40.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 94.4 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am. Sunset tomorrow: 6:03 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east and east southeast near
22 mph or 35 km/h.
Weather: Generally cloudy skies with scattered showers, periods of rain
and possibly isolated thunderstorms.
Residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding should continue to be vigilant.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 10:59 pm….High at 5:28 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 6:03 pm….Low at 12:26 am.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and swells 5 to 8 feet
or 1.5 to 2.4 metres
Small craft operators and sea bathers are advised to exercise caution due to
rough seas.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Generally cloudy skies with scattered showers, periods of rain and isolated thunderstorms.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave over the lesser Antilles will continue to cause cloudiness, showers and thunderstorms over the islands during the forecast period.
A low pressure centre along a tropical wave is located about 1200 miles east of the Lesser Antilles continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. However, environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for the formation of a tropical depression during the next day or two while the system moves slowly northwestward to west-northwestward.
A third tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic is moving
westward near 23 mph or 37 km/h.