6:00 pm Weather Report

Forecasters: Hyacinthia Camille & Venantius Descartes

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 34°C or 93°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 pm today:

At Hewanorra Airport: 1.7 mm          At GFL Charles: 0.2 mm.   

Total rainfall for the month of September so far:

At Hewanorra Airport: 47.0 mm         At GFL Charles:32.7 mm.    

Sunrise tomorrow: 5:53 am             Sunset tomorrow: 5:56 pm               

FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS

Winds will be blowing from the east near 18 mph or 30 km/h.

Weather: Fair to partly cloudy skies, with a few scattered showers.

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

Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at present… High at 12:20 am.

Tides for Vieux Fort Bay:   Low at 6:51 pm… High at 1:27 am.

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

FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES

Fair to partly cloudy, with a few scattered showers. Further south, partly cloudy occasionally becoming cloudy with scattered showers and possible isolated thunderstorms.

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

Weak unstable conditions over the Eastern Caribbean will cause some scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms mainly over the southern portion of region during the next 24 hours.

A tropical wave just east of the Lesser Antilles, is moving westward near 15 mph or 24 km/h. This wave is expected to affect the region from tomorrow night.

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

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days.