6:00 pm Weather Report 2nd September, 2020

Forecaster: Lemuel O’Shaughnessy

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is fair.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

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

Todays’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 32°C or 90°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast at 10 mph or 17 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: nil       At GFL Charles Airport: 0.7 mm.

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: nil       At GFL Charles Airport: 0.7 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am.                                    Sunset tomorrow: 6:13 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Partly cloudy skies becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and a chance of isolated thunderstorms.       

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 09:38 pm… High at 4:11 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:05 pm… High at 5:18 am.

Seas: Slight with waves 2 to 4 feet or 0.6 to 1.2 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Partly cloudy skies, becoming cloudy at times with some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

A tropical wave located just east of the Lesser Antilles is expected to cause occasional cloudiness, showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms during the next 24 hours.

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

A third tropical wave associated with an area of low pressure also located over the central tropical Atlantic is also moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This system has a low chance of tropical cyclone development over the next fivedays.

A fourth tropical wave located just off the West African coast has a medium chance of tropical cyclone development over the next five days, as it drifts slowly westward.