6 PM WEATHER REPORT

Date: 22nd September, 2020

Forecaster: Maclean Jn Baptiste

Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy.

Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is fair.

Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.

Today’s maximum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 33°C or 91°F.

Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-southeast at 12 mph or

19 km/h.

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

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

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 45.3 mm.   At GFL Charles Airport: 32.5 mm.

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am        Sunset tomorrow: 5:59 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 at times.

Weather: Generally fair skies, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: High at 7:14 pm… Low at 2:31 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   High at 8:21 pm… Low at 3:58 am.

Seas: Slight to moderate with waves 2 to 5 feet or 0.6 to 1.5 metres.

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

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

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Moisture and instability in the lower atmosphere over the Eastern Caribbean region will cause a few showers over some of the islands, during the next 24 hours.

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

A second tropical wave located over the far Eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h.