6:00 pm Weather Report
Date: 17th September, 2019
Forecasters: Emmanuel Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is overcast with sowers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy and hazy.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28 °C or 82 °F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 30 °C or 86 ° F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the south southeast near 13 mph or
20 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 30.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 6.4 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 70.0 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 100.3 mm.
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 pm. Sunset tomorrow: 6:03 pm.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from east near 16 mph or 26 km/h becoming lighter at times.
Weather: Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with widely scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 11:40 pm…High at 6:09 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: high at 6:32 pm…low at 1:07 am.
Seas: Moderate to locally rough with waves and 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
Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers and possibly thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, partly cloudy with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Weak unstable conditions in the wake of a tropical wave coupled with the
Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone will continue to cause cloudiness and shower activity mainly over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
..TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN MOVING WEST NORTHWESTWARD AND EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN…
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Depression Ten was located near latitude 13.4 North, longitude 45.6 West or about 1110 miles or 1785 kilometers
East of the leeward islands. The depression is moving toward the west northwest near 10 mph or 17 km/h. This motion, with a faster forward speed is expected over the next few days. On this tract, the system will be near the northern leeward islands Thursday night or Friday. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph or 55 km/h with higher gusts. Strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days and this depression is expected to become a tropical storm tonight. The system is forecast to become a hurricane by the time it moves near the northern leeward islands.
Interests in the Northern Leeward Islands should monitor the progress of this system.
A tropical wave located over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 10 mph or 17 km/h.