6:00 PM Weather Report
Date: 07th September, 2020
Forecaster: Emmanuel Descartes
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 29°C or 84°F.
Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 25°C or 77°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 15 mph or
24 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 2:00 pm today:
At Hewanorra Airport: 0.8 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 10.9 mm
Total rainfall for the month of September so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 23.7 mm At GFL Charles Airport: 21.6 mm
Sunrise tomorrow: 5:52 am Sunset tomorrow: 6:10 pm
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from the east near 13 mph or 20 km/h, becoming
lighter at times.
Weather: Fair skies becoming cloudy at times 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 6:34 pm… Low at 1:16 am.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: High at 07:41 pm… Low at 2:43 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.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
Low level moisture and instability over our region, will cause some cloudy periods with showers over the islands, during the next 24 hours.
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Storm Paulette was located near latitude 17.5 degrees north, longitude 42.4 degrees west or about 1360 miles or 2190 kilometers east of the Northern Leeward Islands. Paulette is moving toward the west-northwest near 3 mph or 6 km/h. A slow motion toward the northwest or north northwest is expected tonight. Paulette is then forecast to move a little faster and generally westward on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Maximum sustained winds have increased to 40 mph or 65 km/h, with higher gusts.
Modest strengthening is expected during the next couple of days.
……Depression becomes Tropical Storm Rene…..
At 5:00 pm today, the center of Tropical Storm Rene was located
near latitude 16.1 degrees north and longitude 22.3 degrees west. Rene is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph or 19 km/h and this motion with some increase in forward speed is expected over the next few days. Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph or 65 km/h, with higher gusts. Gradual strengthening is forecast and Rene could become a hurricane in two or three days.
On their current trajectory both systems are forecast to remain away from the
Lesser Antilles. The Saint Lucia Meteorological Services will continue to closely
monitor the progress of these system.