6 am Weather Report

Forecasters: Hyacinthia Camille & Emmauel Descartes

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

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

Last night minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east at 16 mph or 26 km/h.

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

At Hewanorra Airport: 9.1 mm.                   

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 21.6 mm.  

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

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 14 mph or 22 km/h, becoming lighter at times.

Weather: Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers.       

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at present… Low at 11:20 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 6:29 am… Low at 12:47 pm.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Patches of low level clouds will cause a few showers over the region during the next 24 hours.

A weak tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is moving westward at 12 mph or 19 km/h and is expected to begin affecting the Lesser Antilles late Saturday into Sunday.

A nearly stationary broad area of low pressure, located over the central tropical Atlantic continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. There is a low chance of further development of this system during the next five days.

A third tropical wave associated with an area of low pressure located over the eastern tropical Atlantic, is moving westward near 21 mph or 33 km/h. This system has a high chance of further development during the next five days and a tropical depression is likely to form late this weekend or early next week.