6:00 pm Weather Report 03rd September, 2020

6:00 pm Weather Report

Date: 03rd September, 2020

Forecaster: Vigil Saltibus

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is partly cloudy and hazy.

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

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

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the northeast 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 Airport: Trace.            

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

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

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am             Sunset tomorrow: 6:12 pm.

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

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

Weather: Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with occasional 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 10:19 pm…High at 4:46 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 11:46 pm…High at 5:53 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

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

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave over the Lesser Antilles will continue to produce some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the region during the next 24 hours.

A second tropical wave is located over the central tropical Atlantic and is expected in the vicinity of the Lesser Antilles by late Saturday.

Further east, three areas of low pressure are being monitored for potential tropical cyclone development as they drift slowly westward during the next few days. Two of these systems are associated with tropical waves.