6:00 am Weather Report

Date: 29th September, 2019

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus / Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair and hazy.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 28 °C or 82 °F.

Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 28 °C or 82 °F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the southeast at 14 mph or 22 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport:  1.4 mm.    

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 108.1 mm.      

Sunset today: 5:55 pm.     Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from between the east and southeast near 14 mph

or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

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

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 09:40 am… High at 4:03 pm.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:07 am… High at 5:10 pm.

Seas: Locally rough with waves and northeasterly to easterly swells

      6 to 8 feet or 1.8 to 2.4 metres.

SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS AND SEA BATHERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO ROUGH SEAS.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A relatively drier and more stable atmosphere is expected over the Eastern Caribbean during the forecast period. The presence of Saharan dust across the Lesser Antilles will continue to cause a reduction in visibility.

A tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.

 At 5:00 am today, the centre of Hurricane Lorenzo was located near latitude 25.1 North, longitude 44.6 West. Lorenzo is moving toward the north near 10 mph or 17 km/h.

Hurricane Lorenzo is expected to remain over the Central Atlantic Ocean, well east of the Lesser Antilles during the next five days.